Potential Comparative Study of Eco Fishing Ports in Indonesia (A case study of Belawan, Bitung and Kendari Ocean Fishing Port)

Fisheries

The fishing port is one of the important elements in fisheries management. One of the concepts that will be applied by the FMA (Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries) is the fishing eco port which adopts the concept of European Union countries in managing the commercial port environment for its application in Indonesian fishing ports as one of the efforts made is optimizing capture fisheries activities to the high seas. This research was conducted in June 2021. The method used in this study was a quantitative descriptive method. The number of fisheries production, value production and fishing vessel can be supported the development of eco-fishing port in Belawan, Bitung and Kendari Fishing Port. Furthermore, the existence of basic facilities, functional facilities and supporting facilities at fishing ports is adequate, although upgrading facilities will certainly be important. Fisheries resources and geographic factors are internal factors that can support the development of an eco-fishing port. However, the problem of adapting technology to existing human resources is still a shortcoming that needs to be a concern for policy actors. In terms of external factors, market potential and support from local governments are opportunities that can be exploited even though there are many challenges that still have to be faced, such as pollution, energy supply is limited, IUU fishing, unstable price and implementation of good management product of fisheries is low.

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