Establishment of Sustainable Green Fishing Port Principles Towards Indonesian Blue Economy and Sustainable Maritime Development

Fishing ports as the basis of the fishery business system play important roles in managing the resources and providing support activities. Inherently, this is a sustainability principle embedded in the activities carried out at the ports. In addition to the principles of environmentally friendly port emerged recently, the development and enhancement of fishing ports have to consistently fulfil the environmental necessities and support the economical growths while at the same time commit to social responsibilities and promote energy efficiencies. This research sets a foundation of a sustainable green fishing port (SGFP) concept where aspects and criteria were established by considering four basic processes of fishing ports defined by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries entailing the pre-production, production, processing and marketing. Initial aspects and criteria determined from desktop were verified by a field survey involving three groups of stakeholders comprising fishing port user, management and regulator. Five aspects of SGFP were identified namely port facilities, policy and regulation, community empowerment, energy efficiency and port management and monitoring. Further analysis employing analytical hierarchy process disclosed that port facilities is the most significant aspect. This revelation is acceptable as the principle of port sustainability is closely related to continuous support of such aspect.