The document provides an overview of the Flores Timur Regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Some key points: - It consists of 3 major islands and 10 small island clusters, with a total land and sea area of 5,983 square kilometers. - The main fisheries produced are pelagic fish like tuna, skipjack, and little tuna. Production of these stocks has been increasing in recent years. - There is potential to further optimize tuna utilization and develop other commodities like seaweed farming and grouper aquaculture. - Challenges include limited fishing infrastructure, need for better human resource capacity and management of resources for sustainability.

2. A. OVERVIEW OF FLORES TIMUR REGENCY
 East Flores Regency is a archipelago regency, consisting of 3
major islands namely: Solor Island, Adonara, and Flores land
and 10 cluster of small islands around it which consists of 19
sub-districts, 250 villages and 21 urban villages
 Geographically, Flores Timur is located at 8˚04΄- 8˚40΄ LS
and122˚38΄-123˚20΄ BT.

3.  Areas 5983,38 km² yang terdiri atas :
1. Land areas : 1812, 85 km² (31% from total areas)
2. Marine areas : 4.170,53 km² (65% from total areas)
 Coastline 652,40 km
 Number of sub-district 19; and 127 village/coastal village
 As a strategic potencies which utilizad by fishers to concentrate
and tend to do fishing activities.

5.  Pelagic fish : 13,764 tonnes / year
 Demersal fish : 7,411 ton/tahun
 Level of production : 7.000 – 10.000 ton
(increasing by year)
 UTILIZATIONS
 Local consumption : 52%
 Between island : 26%
 Exports market : 22 %

6.  Number of Fishers Group in 2012: 956 groups consists:
 Full fihiers / Main occupation : 7.602
 Part time fishermen (main) : 2. 036
 Part time fishermen (additional) : 888
Fishing vessels .
1. Fishing vessels
 0 - 5 GT : 400 Units
 5 – 10 GT : 487 Units
 10 – 20 GT : 147 Units
 20 – 30 GT : 19 Units
 > 30 GT : 1 Units

7.  Of the total fleet (specifically <5 GTs) there is still a
traditional fishing fleet which is dominated by the use of a
boat / paddle canoe as many as 60%.
This means that the potential for caught tuna / skipjack in
East Flores Regency is still very much needed by the
community in supporting the development of the East
Flores on catching tuna / skipjack

8.  Existing Pole and Line vessels 61 units .
 Number of fishermen tend to increase every year as it begins to shift livelihood to
the sea, from farmers to be fishermen
2. Fish Landing Center (PPI/Pangkalan Pendaratan Ikan)
 PPI Amagarapati was constructed from JAPAN aids
 PPI Ritaebang was built from State Budget
 PPI Lamahala Jaya was constrcuted from District Budget
3. Fish market : 10 Units
 1 Unit as main fish market at Larantuka city
 9 units of traditional market, scaterred in East Flores district

9. 4. SPDN (Filling Station for Fishermen’s Diesel)
1 Unit
5. Ice Plant
 1 (One) unit of state-owned
 3 (Three) in the private owned (Fisheries Company)
 But the need is still very high so the fishermen are still need
addition Ice Plant from the Government

10.  There are investors who are engaged in the fishery, i.e. 5 large-
scale companies, 36 medium-scale fishing companies, 20 small-
scale fishing companies engaged in fishing and fish processing
storage tuna, skipjack, and litle tuna (tongkol).
 6 (six) big company includes:
1. PT. Okishin Flores
2. PT. Ocean Mitramas
3. PT. Prima Indo Ikan
4. PT. Tritunggal Lintas Benua
5. PT. Tradisi Adi Perkasa
6. UD. Sang Surya

11. One company located in East Flores district (PT
Tradisi Adi Perkasa) is a company which engaged in
the business of Fish Meal Processing that have started
their operations since the beginning of 2012.
Results of operations of this company are marketed
both locally, inter-island and overseas.

12. East Flores district waters characterized as having high
marine biological resources wealth
Besides its strategic location that is situated in the golden
triangle (between the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian
Oceans), and become a migration path and space for
pelagic forage fish which having high economic value.
Here's a the description of the potential of main fish in the
East Flores regency as follows

13. 1. Tuna commodity
(According to Syamsudin , 2006)
 In East Flores district, Tuna fish is one of the main commodity that needs
to be used optimally.
 Alleged that the eastern Indonesian waters especially in the
Flores’s waters is one of the tuna migration flows, beside in
the Banda Sea of the bay Tomini and beyond Sulawesi
 That should be considered is the development of fishing gear
in accordance with the conditions of fishing resources in each
region.

14. In East Flores district, tuna’s fisherman are fishing
around FADs which is owned by private tuna fishing
company using hand line and pole and line
The level of utilization of tuna resources in the
district of East Flores is still low at only 22-30% from
MSY and this is because the lacking of fishing
facilities.

16. 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Purse seine Pancing Huhate Bagan Gill Net
94 56 70
2255
97 58 68
2612
92 61 62
2590
2010
2011
2012

18. 0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2010 2011 2012
408
435
485
979 990 990
1664
1695
1651
Tuna
Cakalang
Tongkol

19. From the graph can be read that tuna production is still
far below compared to other large pelagic species and
still has the potential to be exploited because of the
availability of bait is allowed
Limitations due to the lack of production tuna fishing
fleet (fleet still lacking).

20. 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
1645
3200
88 100
249
1547
109 86
1655
3211
88 100
249
1600
120 86
1637
3167
88 94
249
108
180
86
2010
2011
2012

21.  From these data can be seen that the overall
development of fishery resources in the East Flores
district is still promising
 Development is not only fish but also the type of tuna
fish such as skipjack, eastern little tuna, Scomber
scombus, trevally, sarde, and various types of demersal
fish is still allows to be improved for its utilization

22. 2. Skipjack Commodities
 Is one of the reliable commodity to be exploited by the fishermen
 Utilization rate is still very promising
 Various marine waters such as Savu sea and Flores Sea are Fishing
Ground target (fishing target area).
3. Eastern little tuna commodities
 Is a pelagic fish that have the potential to be exploited
 Level of its utilization is still not optimal because of the limitation of
fishing facilities.
 In the marine waters of the Savu Sea and Flores Sea is the fishing ground
target with the utilization rate is very high compared with other area
waters.

23. Besides the potential for pelagic fish, East Flores District has the
potential for demersal fish (bottom fish) such as
grouper, snapper, rabbitfish, lumajang, etc.
4. Other fish potential
 In addition to tuna, skipjack, little tuna as mentioned above
other commodity that is good enough to be developed
includes seaweed farming, grouper aquaculture, milkfish
aquaculture and cultivation of mangrove crabs.

24. 5. Others commodities
 Sea and Fresh Water Lobster
Potential of this commodity is opportunities to be managed
optimally ahead
 This would be beneficial:
1. Provide benefits to farmers around the fish and other
related
2. Reduce the number of coastal fishermen who operate
in the region.
3. Accelerate ecosystem recovery in the coastal part

25. 1. Fish resources aspect
 The potential of tuna utilization in the East Flores district is still
dominated by a certain tuna species such as yellow fin tuna species and
big eye tuna, due to the limitations of fishing fleets operating above 20
GT.
 Utilization of fish resources in the Flores sea or Savu sea tend to
decrease both the quality and quantity because the domination of the
utilization by the large business and medium-sized enterprises.
2. Production aspect
 Production of caught tuna, skipjack, little tuna (the last 3 years) tended
to increase, but not significantly increased in causing the limited
number of pole and line fishing fleet

26. 3. HRD aspect
 There are still fishermen who catch tuna by using
bombs, and due to the collectors/buyers who still hold the
catch.
 Low ability / skill in handling the quality of caught fish of tuna
on board.
 The presence of illegal fishing and destructive fishing.
 Not optimal of controlling and surveillance toward marine
and fisheries resources due to lack of HRD.

27. 4. Infrastructure aspect
 Still limited facilities and infrastructure for
traditional fishing gear and marine business
groups and other fisheries.
 Limitation of government and public facilities for
monitoring.
5. Marketing aspet
 Tuna fish types are likely to be exported overseas so it can
not fullfill local consumption need.

28. 6. Economic aspect
 Production of tuna, skipjack, little tuna, etc. Have
given contribution to increase GDP growth by
region
 Fishermen's income is patchy all season because of
the high operating costs of fishing.

29. 1. Socio-economic development and empowerment of
coastal communities, aimed on increasing the
quality of human resources, real income and welfare
society who is still living below the poverty line.
2. Development of fisheries infrastructure by providing
fleets with sizes above 10 GT that can optimally
utilize fisheries resources.

30. 3. Integrated and Sustainable Marine and small islands
management in form establishment of Marine
Conservation area at Regional Waters.
4. Increase the management of partnerships between
employers and fishermen through business
development partnerships
5. Improve the quality of processed fish through
Technical Guidance activities for local businessmen
and fishermen

31. 7. To overcome the shortage of bait fish for catching tuna
/ skipjack with Pole and Line it is necessary to develop
the cultivation of milkfish (milkfish) as bait fish.
8. Inreasing monitoring through integrated operations
to raise Law Enforcement in the field of Marine Affairs
and Fisheries to ensure the sustainable development of
fisheries

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