Overview
This project aimed to enable Indonesian fisheries scientists, industry actors and managers to improve the effectiveness of monitoring and management systems for tuna fisheries.
Indonesia is the world's second-largest producer of fishery products and the largest producer of tuna, contributing to around 15% of global production.
Its fishing fleet is diverse, stretching from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Western and Central Pacific Ocean and in recent years into the Southern Ocean.
Information underpinning tuna assessments in Indonesian waters remains quite limited, resulting in high uncertainty in stock status and productivity. Hence, assessing the sustainability of current levels of fishing and impacts on future yields is problematic. Indonesia currently lacks the operational management tools required to manage its tuna fisheries to maximise benefits and minimise the risks of overfishing.
This project has contributed to improving the effectiveness of monitoring and management systems for Indonesian tuna fisheries and contributed to improving economic and social benefits while reducing conservation risks.