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AGREEMENT: Executive Director MDPI Saut Tampubolon (left) and General Secretary of KKP Nilanto Perbowo after the signing ceremony. Photo: MDPI.

KKP Collaborates with MDPI for Small-Scale Fisheries ManagementJAKARTA - Yayasan Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia (MDPI) is collaborating with the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in increasing the role of small-scale fishermen in implementing responsible-fisheries management practices. MDPI takes opportunity from market forces to achieve this for tuna fisheries. MDPI is well known as a non-profit organisation that provides assistance to small-scale fishermen, especially handline tuna fishermen in Eastern Indonesia. The collaboration between the KKP and MDPI is stated in a joint agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the KKP office in Jakarta on Friday, December 7, 2018. The KKP Secretary General, Nilanto Perbowo, and MDPI Executive Director, Saut Tampubolon, were the representatives to sign the document. A number of MDPI’s partners in small-scale fisheries and representatives from other KKP departments also attended the signing ceremony. The cooperation area covers the provinces of Maluku, North Maluku, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara and will be valid for a period of three years. MDPI looks forward to further strengthened collaboration with KKP on issues related to small-scale fisheries.

SMALL SCALE: MDPI and KKP working together for improving small-scale fisheries. Photo:MDPI.

WHAT'S ON DECEMBER 2018?

MDPI signed a joint agreement with KKP to strengthen small-scale fisheries.MDPI also signed another joint agreement with Pusriskan to improve and to strengthen risearch.iDAPAR meeting held in Bogor.

Getting a new assignment on Sanana Island, Maluku is a challenge, yet an excitement for Hendri Heni Tiala.He is excited to explore the island, especially for snorkeling. "So far, I can only go snorkeling, I can't dive," he said.While working at MDPI, Hendri also often uses his free time to snorkel on some beautiful beaches. "Because I love fish," he added. (*)

BOGOR- One of the biggest

challenges in small-scale

fisheries in Indonesia is the

data collection. A lot of data,

but it is still difficult to access

or it is not well-organized.

The Directorate General of

Capture Fisheries, Ministry of

Marine Affairs and Fisheries or

KKP encourages all parties to

contribute to open access to

data by organizing a meeting

to develop the Integrated Data

Participatory framework or

iDAPAR framework. Yayasan

MDPI, academia, and NGOs

also attended the meeting

held in Bogor on December 16,

2018.

The main objective of the

meeting was to integrate

fisheries data from all

stakeholders and to bring

iDAPAR into a Fish Catch

Operational Data Center

which will become an

operational fishing data portal.

Director General of Capture

Fisheries of KKP Zulficar

Mochtar welcomed the

participants of iDAPAR

meeting. He hoped that all

stakeholders can work

together to improve data

management, especially for

small-scale fisheries. "It is the

time for us to collaborate and

work together," he said.(*)

Another achievement at the end of the year was the signing of a joint agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pusriskan or Center of Fisheries Research of KPP to strengthen the research and data collection, signed on December 28, 2018 at Pusriskan office in Jakarta. The Head of Pusriskan KKP Toni Ruchimat and Executive Director of MDPI Saut Tampubolon were the representatives to sign the document."The agreement covers activities, such as data on catches, the interaction of ETP (endangered, threatened, and protected) species in handline tuna fisheries in small-scale fishermen," said Saut. (*)

TO STRENGTHEN RESEARCH: Yayasan MDPI signed a joint agreement with Pusriskan to strengthen research on small-scale fisheries. Photo: MDPI.

Support Data Collection of Fisheries through iDAPAR

DATA MANAGEMENT: All participants of iDAPAR meeting in Bogor. Photo: MDPI.

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