The History of Shark Fishing in Indonesia

Tull, Malcolm

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8727-7_4

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“…A study conducted in 2004 indicated that the majority of sharks are landed at fishing ports in Western and Central Indonesia, specifically Java, Bali, Lombok and Sulawesi [9], where vessels that target sharks normally land whole carcasses [10,11]. Other researchers regard the shark fishery largely as a product of prized bycatch by tuna longline vessels [12,13], and there is no doubt that bycatch makes a significant contribution to Indonesia's shark landings. However, an additional, little known fishery extends throughout eastern Indonesia, comprising small-scale commercial fishers that target sharks, fin them at sea, then sell the dried fins as a high-value cash commodity in a region with few similarly profitable livelihood opportunities [14,15].…”

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The end of shark finning? Impacts of declining catches and fin demand on coastal community livelihoods

Jaiteh¹,

Loneragan

Warren

2017

Marine Policy

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For several decades, fishing sharks for their fins has provided important livelihoods for eastern Indonesian coastal communities that fish the Halmahera, Arafura and Timor Seas. Fishery and interview data collected in 2012-13 from three case studies on the islands of Seram, Aru and Rote were used to examine changes in shark fishers' livelihoods over the preceding 20 years. While recent declines in catches and shark fin prices have had a substantial impact on fishers' livelihoods, the fishery's low visibility in some areas of its geographic range and its political complexity in general have meant that government and international development agencies have largely been unaware of this impact. Many respondents remembered the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-98 and the turn of the millennium as a time when sharks were still abundant and shark fin prices high, but were concerned about the ongoing fall of shark fin prices since March 2012. High-value species, particularly guitarfish, hammerhead and sandbar sharks were most affected, losing up to 40% of their pre-2012 value. These changes, combined with the loss of fishing grounds, few attractive options for alternative income and restrictive debt relationships with shark fin bosses, have led some fishers to resort to highrisk activities such as blast fishing, illegal transboundary fishing, and people smuggling. This paper examines the multi-layered causes and consequences of fishers' decision-making in response to adverse changes in their fishery, and explores options and obstacles to pursuing livelihoods that carry lower environmental, financial and personal risks.

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The end of shark finning? Impacts of declining catches and fin demand on coastal community livelihoods

Jaiteh¹,

Loneragan

Warren

2017

Marine Policy

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“…There is a large amount of illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in the Indo-Pacific region with reported catch estimated to represent only 0.9-19.4% of the true catch (Tull 2014). In some areas, including near marine protected areas (MPAs), IUU catch of sharks was estimated to equal 77% of the reported catch, indicating much higher levels of depletion (Varkey et al 2010).…”

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Telatrygon crozieri: Dulvy, N.K., Bineesh, K.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Derrick, D., Fernando, D., Haque, A.B., Maung, A., Moore, A. & Owfi, F.

2020

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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“…There is a large amount of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) in the Indo-Pacific region with reported catch estimated to represent only 0.9-19.4% of the true catch (Tull 2014). In some areas, including near marine protected areas (MPAs), IUU catch of sharks was estimated to equal 77% of the reported catch, indicating much higher levels of depletion (Varkey et al 2010).…”

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Rhinobatos annandalei: Dulvy, N.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Ebert, D.A., Fernando, D., Haque, A.B., Jabado, R.W., Khan, M. & Maung, A.

2020

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The History of Shark Fishing in Indonesia

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

The end of shark finning? Impacts of declining catches and fin demand on coastal community livelihoods

The end of shark finning? Impacts of declining catches and fin demand on coastal community livelihoods

Telatrygon crozieri: Dulvy, N.K., Bineesh, K.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Derrick, D., Fernando, D., Haque, A.B., Maung, A., Moore, A. & Owfi, F.

Rhinobatos annandalei: Dulvy, N.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Bineesh, K.K., Derrick, D., Ebert, D.A., Fernando, D., Haque, A.B., Jabado, R.W., Khan, M. & Maung, A.

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