Fisheries

Non-Target Species (NTS) Assessment Report 2016

by adminapri December 20, 2016 0 comments

APRI has conducted non-target species (NTS) assessment in 2016. Location for research Non Target Species Assessment is located in Rembang, Lancang Island (Seribu Island, Jakarta), and Madura. The assessment was conducted in 20 days every location by reaching 200 boat every gear per location. Non Target Species assessment research activities required an appropriate reference data collection, relevant and in accordance with scientific principles. Sampling technique is one of the important things that are known and mastered by researches and technicians. Because the fish popolation is not uniform in space and time, so the strategy for sampling should be considered to avoid or minimize error.

The issues surrounding bycatch and discarding are amongst the most important facing the management of fisheries throughout the world. An understanding of the behavior and selectivity of fishing gears and the species captured can help ascertain ways to mitigate discarding.

The objectives of the field survey of non targetspecies (bycatch) using the the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Risk Based Framework (RBF) for data limited fisheries are threefold

1. To identify all non-target species (NTS) that are potentially at risk of being impacted negatively by a blue swimming crab fishery
2. To identify all non-target species (NTS) that are at risk of being impacted negatively by a blue swimming crab fishery, using MSC’s P2 Default Decision Making Tree
3. To assess the level of risk for each at risk species using MSC’s Productivity, Susceptibility Analysis

Please feel free to download the NTS Report 2016