Morotai Island Regency is located in the adjacent of three National Fisheries Management Area of Indonesian Republic (WPPNRI 715, WPPNRI 716, WPPNRI 717). Geographically Morotai Island’s waters lie in two Indonesian hydro-oceanography phenomenon, namely Throughflow and Eddy Halmahera which affect the abundance of marine resources. This study aims to determine the utilization status of Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) in Morotai Island regency including: catch per unit effort (CPUE), maximum sustainable yield (MSY), total allowed catch (TAC) and Utilization rate. Within a period of ten years (2009-2018) Yellowfin productivity was fluctuating with a CPUE of 4.1 kg/trip. Fox surplus production model calculation showed that MSY of yellowfin resource was amounted of 8,657,679 kg/year with a maximum effort value of 42,429 trips/year. The number of TAC value was amounted of 6,926,143 with a utilization level of 12.23%. Yellowfin utilization level was amounted of less than 33.3% which is relatively low. This shows that Yellowfin Tuna stock in Morotai Island regency has not been optimally utilized.

Amanat UU 32 tahun 2014 tentang Kelautan salah satunya percepatan dan penguatan ekonomi nasional dari potensi kelautan yang ada. Penelitian ini mengkaji kontribusi PDB ekonomi kelautan; dampak pengembangan ekonomi kelautan; dan implikasi kebijakan pengembangan ekonomi kelautan. Metode penelitian menggunakan analisis data sekunder. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder tahun 2010-2015 yang diperoleh dari Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS). Data dianalisis secara deskriptif kuantitatif menggunakan model I-O (Input-Output) yang diupdate ke tahun 2015. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa persentase produk kelautan terhadap PDB terus meningkat mencapai 28.01 % pada tahun 2015. Berdasarkan kajian terhadap dampak ekonomi yang dihasilkan, perlu diprioritaskan pengembangan ekonomi kelautan pada tiga sektor yaitu: industri kelautan, perikanan dan pariwisata bahari. Prinsip kebijakan pengembangan ekonomi kelautan harus inovatif dan berkelanjutan yang bertumpu pada peningkatan daya saing, modernisasi sistem produksi, penguatan kapasitas pelaku industri dan berbasis komoditas.Title: Dynamics and Policies of Indonesia’s Ocean Economic DevelopmentLaw number 32 of 2014 about The Sea mandates the national economic acceleration and empowerment from the potential of marine. This research examined the contribution of the ocean economy to GDP, impact of ocean economic development, and policy implication of ocean economic development. The research used secondary data analysis method. It used secondary data of 2010-2015 that were collected from Statistics Indonesia. Data were analyzed with quantitative descriptive method with I-O model (input-output), that were updated to 2015. The results showed that the percentage of marine products contribution to GDP increased to 28.01% in 2015. Based on the analysis of economic impact, it is necessary to prioritize the ocean economic development on three sectors: marine industry, fisheries, and marine tourism. The ocean economic development policies must be innovative, sustainable, increasing competitiveness, modernizing production systems, and strengthening the capacity of industrial and commodity-based players.

Marine economy is an economic activity carried out in the sea and land areas whose activities are still related to marine resources. The marine sector is defined as seven sectors, namely: fisheries, marine tourism, mining, marine industry, sea transportation (marine transportation), marine building, marine services. This study used descriptive and impact analysis in the national Input-Output Table in 2010. The total output of the marine sector accounted for 27.39% of total national output. The GDP value in the marine sector is able to contribute 30.32% of the total national GDP. From the results of calculations regarding the analysis of the multiplier numbers by output, the formation of new output in the economy was 1.4087 units. Analysis of multiplier numbers by job opportunities causes an increase in employment opportunities by an average of 0.1451 units. The majority of the sectors of maritime tourism show high distribution power. The largest sub-sector with a sensitivity index value is the trade service sub-sector, which is 1.4608. Key words: descriptive analysis, impact analysis, marine economy, I-O table

Kapoposang Island and the surrounding waters has been appointed by Indonesian Governmet to be a part of waters tour park in South Sulawesi