Perspective plan for sustainable eel management in Lake Poso, Central Sulawesi

Abstract

Lake Poso has high eel potential and a strategic position in supporting the development of eel fisheries in Sulawesi. Lake Poso is out of 15 national priority lakes in natural resources and environmental management programs. The catch of eel from Lake Poso is reported to have been decreasing for the last twenty years. Several factors causing the decline in eel populations are fishing activities, disruption in migration routes, and other factors such as changes in habitat and environmental conditions. The sustainability of the life of the Poso eel is determined by the success of the eel migration process. The migration of adult eels to the sea and young eels from glass eels to freshwater habitats must continue. The perspective plans that can be done to manage Poso's eel resources include 1) Socializing the eco-biological characteristics of eels as catadromous fish; 2) Establishing conservation areas and regulation of eel fishing; 3) Increasing eel population through restocking 4) Integrating fisheries and aquaculture activities; 5) Developing eel culture technology through size segmentation production; 6) Developing an eel migration monitoring system; 7) Building a cross-sectoral forum and put a joint action program; 8) Proposing the Poso eel Research and Conservation Center.