Risk potency analysis and sustainability status of mud crab scylla sp. of Sorbay Bay, Southeast Maluku district, Indonesia

Abstract

Mud crab Scylla sp. fishery of Sorbay Bay, Southeast Maluku District has been conducted for many years by local fisher with almost no management plan. Study on risk potency and sustainability of mud crab Scylla sp. was conducted on June 2016. Objectives of this study were to analyze risk potency and sustainability of this fishery. Productivity susceptibility analysis (PSA) and Rapfish were used to analyze the risk and sustainability status of mud crab respectively. The result showed that risk potency for Scylla sp, bait fishery, and habitat was unconditionally passed with MSC score of 95. Overall sustainability status was fair sustained with sustainability scale of 55.26% of 100% sustainability score. The most sensitive attribute contribute to mud crab sustainability were governance quality, monitoring, and consumer attitude towards sustainability. The ecosystem approach to fishery management is strongly recommended for sustainable of this fishery.