Less optimized blue economy sectors in Joko Widodo era

Abstract

According to the United Nations (UN), the Blue Economy is defined as an economy with several economic sectors and policies that exploit the ocean resources sustainably. This development concept is the continuation of the green economy that was conceived in 2012 by the UN. In Indonesia, the blue economy development concept became an alternative to the green economy in the governance of Joko Widodo era, considering that the green economy was considered detrimental because of its high cost and its exploitative way. The United Nation has defined many sectors that are key subjects in the blue economy. Indonesia has implemented the blue economy through six sectors and the most dominant sectors are marine capture fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing. The intention of this paper is to discover the unimplemented sectors in the Indonesian blue economy as previously programmed by the UN and to analyse its consideration. This paper uses a descriptive qualitative method to understand and analyse the real, complex social phenomena and presents them through the detailed narratives.