Sustainable fisheries subsidies for small scale fisheries in Indonesia

Abstract

As a country with enormous fisheries resources, Indonesia face threats to sustainability of the resources which are suspected because of the implementation of fisheries subsidies that did not consider the resources. On the other side, government provide subsidies to alleviate poverty and improve fishermen's welfare. A number of countries, especially developed countries encourage the elimination of fisheries subsidies through WTO and other countries, especially developing countries opposed the proposal of the developed countries. Nevertheless, it is necessary to make a balance between community development and environmental protection in case of fisheries subsidies. This study reviews the implementation of fisheries subsidies in Indonesia. The research is based on a literacy study along with data and information on fishery subsidies that have been carried out so far by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries as an authorized government agency. The results of the study indicate that there are benefits from providing subsidies to the welfare of fishermen and also support the sustainability of fisheries resources.

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“…These results also confirmed those of Jara-Rojas, Bravo-Ureta, and Díaz [100], who presented farmer access to subsidies as positively associated with water irrigation technology adoption. According to Notohamijoyo et al [101], in Indonesia, subsidy programs for small-scale fisheries were demonstrated to create benefits to the well-being of the fishers and fisheries' sustainability when focused on fishing vessels, vessel machines, and environmentally friendly fishing gear. From a co-management perspective, unemployment insurance subsidy implementation was suggested by shellfish harvesters to improve fishery sustainability during the closed period in northeast Brazil [102].…”