Ecological and Socio-economic Sustainability of Ornamental Fish Business in Minapolitan Area of Blitar Regency, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Minapolitan is a concept of sustainable development policy based on the fisheries area. Blitar Regency as a center of fish ornamental fish cultivation and the Minapolitan area since 2011. During the implementation process as well as the policy output stage, an evaluation is needed to determine the sustainability status of the Minapolitan area development policy from the ecological and socio-economic dimensions; and what the most sensitive attribute play a role in the multidimensional sustainability using Multi-Dimensional Scaling Method. The main finding that the ornamental fish business in Blitar Regency is sustainable category. The most sensitive attribute contributes to the multidimensional sustainability is fisheries resource fertility, rainfall, fish cultivation benefits, water quality, and environmental knowledge. The strategy to keep the sustainability status, for example maintaining water quality as well as implementing Good Aquaculture Practices (GAP) to keep fisheries resource fertility, diligently moving a certain size ornamental fish to the aquarium to avoid the unstable rainfall, creating consumer satisfaction and improving environmental knowledge.