Sustainable Fisheries Management of Flying Fish (Decapterus spp.) with Rapfish Analysis in Pasongsongan Waters, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the sustainability status offflying fish management in ecological, economic, technological, social and institutional dimensions with a multidimensional study of systems in the Pasongsongan waters. This research was carried out from September to October 2023 at the Coastal Fisheries Port Pasongsongan. The rapfish (Rapid Appraisal for Fisheries) method was applied to determine the condition of fisheries in an integrated manner and to evaluate the sustainability of fisheries in a multidisciplinary manner based on attributes and scores set. The sustainability index value of data processing was between 0 (bad) to 100 (good). The results of this study showed that the sustainability index of flying fish management in the ecological dimension fell within the sustainable category, with a value of 79.12. Similarly, in the economic dimension, the index was 81.19 and classified as sustainable. The technological dimension scored 76.9, placing it within the sustainable category as well. However, the social dimension recorded a value of 64.93, categorized as moderately sustainable, and the institutional dimension scored 55.31, also falling into the moderately sustainable category. The results of the rapfish analysis for the sustainability index of flying fish management in the multidimensional system obtained a value of 70.56, categorizing it as quite sustainable.