Seagrass ecosystem and dugongs (Dugong dugon) are significant features of the northern coastal areas of Toli-toli and its adjacent small islands. Local communities are familiar with the dugongs for some reasons, including activities threatening its population. Therefore, Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project-Indonesia initiated conservation of the seagrass ecosystem and the dugongs in Toli-toli. Local communities, with supports from local governments, are keen to develop tourism to gain economic benefit from the conservation. Accordingly, the project allowed some local leaders an opportunity to learn from the Seribu Islands, an extraordinary location of marine tourism. This paper describes their learning process and immediate responses expressing perspectives on how their tourism should be developed. After being introduced to some key features of Seribu Island, local concerns, problem solutions, and discussed a concept of sustainable tourism in a small workshop, they concluded the tourism objects in their home are much better. They also were confident with the importance of conservation and aware of some negative impacts of tourism. The outcomes of this visit should be carefully noted by anyone who wants to involve in the tourism development that uses Toli-toli’s nature and culture as objects.

. Pengembangan perikanan tangkap berbasis CCRF dapat dilakukan untuk memanfaatkan potensi perikanan tangkap secara optimal. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis alat tangkap jaring insang berdasarkan dokumen CCRF sebagai kelanjutan dalam memberikan kebijakan dalam penggunaan alat tangkap. Metode pengambilan data yaitu menggunakan kuesioner selanjutnya dianalisis menggunakan statistika deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kekurangan dari penggunaan jaring insang yaitu terdapat pada mutu ikan yang tertangkap cenderung sedikit mengalami cacat fisik (bagian operkulum), serta masih tertangkapnya hasil tangkapan sampingan. Kesimpulan dari penelitian yaitu bahwa alat tangkap jaring insang direkomendasikan untuk digunakan oleh nelayan karena sesuai dengan kriteria alat tangkap ramah lingkungan yang memenuhi ketentuan dokumen CCRF.

ABSTRAKEkosistem lamun merupakan salah satu bagian penting sebagai bagian penyusun kesatuan ekosistem pesisir bersama dengan mangrove dan terumbu karang. Secara spesifik, keterkaitan masyarakat sebagai pemanfaat sumberdaya pada ekosistem lamun belum banyak diungkapkan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji keterkaitan sistem sosial-ekologi lamun berdasarkan hasil tangkapan sumberdaya ikan di lokasi penelitian dan mengestimasi besaran manfaat sumberdaya ikan kaitannya dengan jasa ekosistem lamun di lokasi penelitian. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Data yang dibutuhkan adalah data primer dan sekunder. Data primer didapat dari wawancara dengan instrumen kuisioner dan pencatatan hasil tangkapan dan penjualan di pedagang pengepul. Analisis data penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis diskriptif kualitatif dan net fishing revenue (NFR) yang diperoleh nelayan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat keterkaitan sosial-ekologi dengan keberadaan ekosistem lamun yang dijadikan sebagai tempat penangkapan bagi perikanan skala kecil yang bisa berkontribusi dalam ketahanan pangan dan sebagai mata pencaharian nelayan di desa tersebut. Manfaat yang didapat perikanan skala kecil dari keberadaan ekosistem lamun yaitu kemudahan akses bagi nelayan skala kecil dalam mencari ikan karena lokasinya yang dekat dengan pantai. Secara umum besaran manfaat dari fungsi ekosistem lamun sebagai jasa penyedia terlihat dari pendapatan per hari nelayan skala kecil diatas UMK Kabupaten Bintan yaitu Rp. 93,000,00. Dengan adanya keterkaitan sosial-ekologi lamun tersebut dapat dilakukan pertimbangan pengelolaan pesisir terpadu dengan pendekatan sosial-ekologi lamun di lokasi penelitian.

Seagrass ecosystem has important roles in ecological and social factors to support fisherman income. The purpose of this research was to map the social-ecological system connectivity of seagrass with small-scale fisheries with networks perspective, to identify social-ecological connectivity of seagrass with fisheries resource availability approaches in small-scale fisheries, and to estimate the benefits of fish resources relation to seagrass ecosystem in Malang Rapat and Berakit vilages. Social-ecological system connectivity of seagrass was proven by the spatial distribution of fishing areas, networks map markets, and dynamics of small-scale fisheries catches in the study site. Social-ecocoligal connectivity of seagrass was also proven by fish catches dominated by Siganidae, Scaridae, Lethrinidae, and Lutjanidae families. The fishermen income was supported by seagrass ecosystem connectivity which contributed revenue from fish catches totally Rp 202,124,00/day in Malang Rapat village and Rp. 193,151,00/day  in Berakit village. Other benefit of seagrass ecosystem located nearby the beach was that the fishermen can have an easy access or less fuel for fishing operation.Keywords: seagrass ecosystem, network map, connectivity, small-scale fisheries, social-ecological system, Riau islands

Seagrass meadows provide provisioning services that play a vital role in food security and human wellbeing, especially on the small island. However, the utilisation value is uncalculated as support for seafood production and livelihoods for the community, because they are considered as alternative uses, so that seagrass ecosystem services are underestimated and undervalued. This paper aims to show the economic value provided by seagrass ecosystem services in providing seafood, both as a primary or secondary source. Through field survey and effect on production (EOP) analysis shows that capture fisheries and other marine biota collecting, both crustacean and mollusc species associated with the seagrass ecosystem are utilised directly by coastal communities in Derawan Island, Indonesia. Estimates of the economic value of fish and marine biota employed in the seagrass ecosystem area are US$ US$ 13,488.80 and US$ 35,744.69 per hectare per year, respectively, or a total of US$ 49,233.49 per hectare per year. This value demonstrates the potential importance of seagrass ecosystems. Unfortunately, these benefit values have not been fully understood by the communities, so that many people ignore the function of seagrass ecosystem services as provisioning services, although in the scarcity the utilisation of the seagrass ecosystem is quite intensive. Hence, the precautionary principle and suggesting conservation actions in a participatory manner is challenging to implement.