SMALL FISHERMEN COMMUNITY IN BALI GREEN PROVINCE PARADIGM

Background

Bali province with an area of ± 563,666 hectares, consisting of 81.235 hectares of rice fields and the remaining 482,431 hectares of land instead of paddy fields, some years later the condition of natural resources and the environment has suffered considerable degradation. In addition to the vast region of the terrestrial, Bali also has sea and beach areas that are scattered along with the seawater of Bali Island.  The considerable potential of the sea cannot be utilized optimally.

The seawater around the island of Nusa Penida has an excellent source of marine biodiversity among them, with the presence of Mola-mola fish which has always become the center of the attention of tourists as well as scientists. Marine fisheries cultivation has successfully done well especially for grouper and cob fish. The cultivation is carried out by the Community under coordination with the stakeholders. Similarly, the Sea of Bali Strait has the peculiarities of the lemuru that are seasonally become the main source of the income of fishermen especially fishermen in Perancak village.

The fishing community in Perancak village is a traditional fishing community whose condition is very concern.  The winter famine season is often due to the climate change factor, as well as the impact of the fishing by large boats with the purse seine net. The results of the survey conducted by Carol Warren (August 2010) show that today the community in Perancak villages are facing problems  namely: It is said that the boat purse seine nets used by large boats is about 1 cm so that all the fish caught including small fish  and fish that are being clusters, boats with a lot more that have a purse seine that is very close to the coast so that the small fishing boat can catch fish in the area. A large number of boats and boat capacities is also very concern for small fishermen in Perancak village.

Another thing that further increases the damage of the small fishermen in Perancak village is the increasing occurrence of beach abrasion as well as the small fishing area is mostly because most land has been bought by investors. The estuary of the Perancak river is thus wide and the absence of protection against the life of marine flora and fauna will eventually degrade the environmental quality sharply. The estuary of the river will bring the sediment from the area so that it will aggravate the coral reefs in the area.

Problems

Departing from the effort to realize Bali clean and green then the appropriate background above then the main problems that need to get solutions are:

1. What are the efforts that can be done to empower the fishermen community to increase their income?
2. Is there a solution that has been prepared by the beach with its construction has been built by the investor?
3. What are the approaches that can be done so that small fishing problems can be above?

Recommendations

1. Regulation of the net currency for the purse seine is urgently needed because for the lemuru fish is required net with an eye net 1.3 up to 2 cm. Net eye size of the mesh in addition to doing a good lemuru is also able to maintain the source of marine biodiversity.
2. Large boats should catch the fish at the distance of over 2 miles of a small boat while from the coast up to a 2-mile long.  
3. Strict enforcement of tourism facilities around coastal Perancak (many coastal border violations) is required.
4. It is necessary to review the coastal zoning of Perancak so that all development activities implemented at the site can be implemented on the basis of sustainable development principles.
5. Conservation of land using coastal vegetation that suits the local land conditions is indispensable for lowering the beach abrasion level in the village area of Perancak.
6. Empowerment of small fishing communities is necessary related to Bali Green Province program, so that they earn a decent income and always mainstream environmental issues to be applied so that small fishermen will not participate in the destruction of environmental media.