Mane’e: a Fishing Tradition Intacha Island, Located in Talaud District of North Sulawesi Province --- Marine resources are in decline worldwide, including in productivity, biodiversity and ecological relationships in oceans. The causes of declines are increasing human populations and their dependences on services generated from the ocean such as irresponsible fishing particularly in developing country like Indonesia. However there are severals traditions practices by islanders in Indonesia that support conservation or preservation of marine resources as they concern of their furture generation, one of them is Manee.
Manee has been done by Kakorotan Islanders in Talaud Sub District in North Sulawesi Province for years. It is a local knowledge about preserving marine resources based on temporal scale, meaning that the islanders are prohibited to fish in Inthata Island, a nearby island, for a year. Fishimg only allow during low tide every mid year. This tradition needs to be preserve