Formulating marine sanctuary designation for sustainable management of blue swimming crab in Lancang Island, Kepulauan Seribu

Abstract

Lancang Island is the center of fisheries of blue swimming crab in Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta. Most of the inhabitants in this island are fishermen, and blue swimming crab is the main target without considering the stocks. One of the management effort of blue swimming crab by the government is the restriction of catchment size. To support the government policy and to maintain the population stocks and the sustainability of blue swimming crab around Lancang Island, we need another effort such us proposing area of Marine Sanctuary. The analysis of possibility area of the marine sanctuary was performed with simulated annealing using Marxan. The datasets were used in analysis included geomorphic model of habitat (sea floor), coastal ecosystems, blue swimming crab catches (sample size, location, and fishing pressure). The results obtained three possibility locations of the marine sanctuary, which is around of Laki Island, Southern, and Southeastern of Lancang Island. From the possibility locations, we recommend the first location as the Marine Sanctuary with considering the more diverse of features represented.