Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus) in the Bone Bay, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Using Rapid Appraisal of Fisheries

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the sustainability status of the blue swimming crab fisheries resources in Bone Bay through a rapid assessment approach to the dimensions of sustainable fisheries development. A multidimensional scaling (MDS) approach through the rapfish process was used to assess the sustainability status of the blue swimming crab fisheries. The sustainability analysis was expressed in the sustainability index of fisheries management. The results showed that the sustainability status of the blue swimming crab fishery in Bone Bay was categorized as less sustainable with an average value of 38.43%. The ecological, economic, social, technological and institutional dimensions were categorized as less sustainable. 24 attributes contributed to the sustainability index value (leverage analysis) of the blue swimming crab fisheries management in Bone Bay, which requires an important attention in the sustainability of the blue swimming crab fisheries management.