Developing sustainable fishing vessels for a developing country in the 21 ST century

D. M. Rosyid*, R. M. Johnson

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Abstract

Drawing on six years of field work and research into traditional fishing communities and vessels in the Eastern Archipelago of the Republic of Indonesia the authors describe some of the challenges facing such a development and how one possible solution was put into practice by designing and building two new generation vessels for the Regional Government of Jembrana Bali. The research highlighted the relevance of much traditional boat building practice as well as the high skill level of traditional craftsmen. However due to both poverty, lack of basic education and poor access to information, improved vessel are often sadly deficient in basic requirements. These deficiencies it held can be best turned around by indigenous Technology Transfer projects. Despite the Republic being the world's largest maritime nation with great development potential it is painfully obvious from world experience that no fishery is without limits, "The tragedy of the Commons Syndrome". Developments in technology here must be both appropriate and sustainable. In a country of 250 millions a widespread fisheries collapse would lead to a huge social disaster. In the light of this we will touch upon the imperative to prevent illegal fishing operations. We identified a number of key features that vessels for the future should exhibit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference - Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries - Papers
Pages137-146
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventRINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference - Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries - Newcastle, United Kingdom
Duration: 13 Apr 200514 Apr 2005

Publication series

NameRINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference - Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries

Conference

ConferenceRINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference - Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityNewcastle
Period13/04/0514/04/05

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