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Executive Summary
BSC CONSORTIUM
This is the third annual ‘State of the Fishery’ report covering the years 2019-2021 produced under the Indonesia Blue Swimming Crab Initiative of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Packard Foundation) and Walton Family Foundation (WFF). The blue swimming crab (BSC, locally referred to as rajungan) fishery is one of three archetypal fisheries being supported by investments from the Packard Foundation and WFF through the BSC Consortium, a group of implementers working on the fishery in four provinces (Central Java, East Java, Lampung, and West Java) that border the Java Sea Fisheries Management Area (FMA, known in Indonesia as Wilayah Pengelolaan Perikanan/ WPP 712). Progress on this work is measured using 14 indicators based on a Theory of Change (TOC) and joint work plan mutually agreed by Consortium members. The indicators fall under four categories: Fishery Health
National Governance
Fishery Economic Status
Local Governance
Fishery Health – Indicators A, B Two indicators are used to measure fishery health. The 2021 results are as follows: Indicator A: Spawning potential ratio (SPR) indicating stock status. The SPR data is not available for Central and East Java. Data from Lampung has been collected but is still being analyzed and finalized by the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) and the Lampung Province Sustainable Blue Swimming Crab Fisheries Management Committee (Komite Pengelolaan Perikanan Rajungan Berkelanjutan, KPPRB). Final data will be provided by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and will be officially endorsed by SAG/KPPRB in the coming months as an addendum to this report. Indicator B: Catch per unit effort (CPUE) CPUE was estimated for a subset of priority fishing gears in selected fishing grounds, showing considerable variability across the fishery. Unlike Indicator A (SPR), there is significant noise in the data for this indicator. Little can be inferred from the results until we have multiple years of data and a standardized collection methodology across the various fisheries. The data is best used to understand the gears in use in each location.
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Blue Swimming Crab. © Ria Tan under CC-BY-NC-SA
