Indonesian fisheries resource accounting

摘要

Optimal and sustainable fisheries industry can only be achieved with proper planning through the implementation of appropriate management instruments as well. Fisheries resources accounting is one of the planning instruments, which should be used as amain reference of Fisheries Management Plan. In general, fisheries accounting provide insights for policy makers on how the flow of the stocks of fish and its relation to changes in the dynamic of natural and economic activity of fishing. The preparation of Indonesian Fisheries resource accounting is an effort to implement the recommendation of Agenda 21 UNCED, as formulated in the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA). Besides, this is also a decree of Indonesian Law No. 32/2009 regarding the Management and Environmental protection. The paper discusses the fisheries account, both physical and monetary, for Pelagic and Demersal fish. The methods in use is the standard bio-economic modeling, using fox algorithm for parameterestimation, and resource accounting method of the System of National Accounts of FAO (2004), adapted to the data existing condition. The results of the analysis, include measurement of standing stocks (physical assets account), fishable biomass, depletion, as well as monetary account. Paper also provides suggestion for management, as well as policy recommendation.