A. Species
Scientific name: Hippocampus spp.
Common name(s): Seahorses
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Jawa
Country/Region: Indonesia / Riau Islands
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Individual Site
Name/Details of location: Sebong Pereh village / Bintan Island
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2017
End Year: 2017
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene and Decorative and aesthetic
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not determined formally, but the feeling expressed was that exploitation is unsustainable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Seahorses are very valuable in Bintan Island. Prices can reach 5-7 million rupiahs/kg (USF 300-450 / kg). This is driving ever-more locals to fish for seahorses, leading to over-exploitation of local seaweed habitats.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: The value of seahorses is driving ever-more locals to fish for seahorses, leading to over-exploitation of local seaweed habitats.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Fishing for seahorses (diving) requires skills and experience, as part of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). It may be able to leverage these TEK-informed seahorse fishers to fish more sustainably. SebongPerehvillage seahorse fishermen already have the initiative to form a group of seahorse fishermen - encouraged by Government Agent of Coastal and Marine Resource Management (BalaiPengelolaanSumberdayaPesisirdanLaut Padang/BPSPL Padang). They have also created a marine protected area through Village Regulation .The conservation area is about 15 ha. If a fisherman catches 1 (one) seahorse in a conservation area, then the fisherman is required to return 3 (three) seahorses to the area. Unfortunately, here has been no enforcement and no supervisors have yet been placed in the conservancy area, even though there are already supervisory huts in place. The study concludes that more consultation at interdisciplinary frontiers is needed in order to formulate practical solutions to the core problems of Bintan seahorse fishing community in the future.
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184707001
Date of record entry: 2022-11-22