Implementation of the Bontang City Food Security, Fisheries and Agriculture Department Program in an Effort to Manage Environmentally Sound Fisheries Potential

Abstract

Bontang City has 70.3 percent of the sea area so that the coastal sector is one of the sectors driving the economy of its people, especially in the fisheries and marine sectors. The fisheries sector (aquaculture) also became the second mainstay of Bontang City after the industrial sector. The Implementation of the Bontang City Food Security, Fisheries and Agriculture Department Program in managing environmentally sound fisheries potential, both capture fisheries and aquaculture, has achieved success in 2017 to fill local needs. This is indicated by the improvement in the performance of capture fisheries and aquaculture and the added value of the fisheries industry, as evidence by the achievement of the fisheries production target of 132.07 percent and an increase in the number of capture fisheries and aquaculture production of 6.848,39 tons or equal to an increase of 33.70 percent compared to the amount of fisheries production in 2016. The successful implementation of the program is also support by the availability of a good budget, which in the realization is not greater then the planned budget ceiling. However, to be able to fulfill the achievement that is more than just for local demand, which is to be able to fulfill demand from outside the region as well, it is necessary to further develop the fisheries production in the city of Bontang as a raw material for the fisheries processing industry. In addition, the management of fisheries potential in the Bontang City requires an adaptation of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) and science and technology (S&T) innovation for ensuring the long-term sustainability of fisheries and the marine ecosystem services provided to society, including to enhanced collaboration and coordination of marine resource management efforts.