The migrant anchovy fishery in Kabui Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia: Catch, profitability, and income distribution

Megan Bailey, Christovel Rotinsulu and Ussif Sumaila

Marine Policy, 2008, vol. 32, issue 3, 483-488

Abstract: We estimate the unregulated catch and fisher income of the Kabui Bay migrant anchovy fishery operating in the Raja Ampat regency, Papua, Indonesia. Interviews with migrant fishers were conducted in April and November 2006, and estimates were generated through Monte Carlo simulations. Anchovy fisher income averaged US $1835 per year, about twice the average fisher income in the area. The income levels estimated by this study suggests that there is potential for the Raja Ampat Fisheries Bureau to capture some economic rent from the fishery to help fund a fisheries management program, from which Raja Ampat could benefit.

Keywords: Indonesian; fisheries; Anchovy; IUU; Unregulated; fishing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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