Economic Valuation Of Coral Reefs Ecosystem Of Bangsring, Banyuwangi, Indonesia

Coral reefs ecosystem of Bangsring provide both commercial and non-commercial goods and services. Local fishermen rely on reef fisheries while tourism activities have been growing in this area. Seeing that the economic benefits derived from coral reefs are vital to the economies of Bangsring communities, economic valuation of these benefits is necessary to guide sustainable and wise use of these resources and to provide useful information for improved decisions. The research was conducted between June 29and August 9 of 2015 aimed to estimate the total economic value (TEV) of coral reefs of Bangsring, Banyuwangi Regency, included passive use values and direct use values. The research was a participatory case study where primary and secondary data were collected using the purposive sampling technique. The study revealed that the estimated TEV of the coral reefs of Bangsring was IDR 41.6 billion per year or IDR 3.2 billion per hectare per year with tourism contributing 60 % or IDR 25 billion per year of the TEV. The healthy coral reefs of Bangsring support local communities and generate billions of rupiahs annually; therefore, it is critical to manage the coral reefs of Bangsring sustainably for current and future generations

Analysis of Potential Coastal Resources for Recommendations for Designating Marine Protected Areas in Kondang Merak Bay, Malang Regency

Kondang Merak has allocated as MPA Site based on East Java Province Government Decree No. 1/2018 on the Zoning Plan for Coastal and Small Islands Areas Provinsi Jawa Timur Years 2018-2038. To this date, Kondang Merak Beach’s lack of zoning and management plan. This research conducted to asses coastal area resources on Kondang Merak Beach and to recommend MPA category. This research is done by doing a survey on identifying coastal habitat and protected species, scoring and drafting zoning plan based on conservation features and resource use which has been recorded. On the other hand, Forum Group Discussion with locals stakeholder were carried out to ensure the preference of the proposed zoning. The result showed that Kondang Merak Beach has 0,15 Ha of mangrove ecosystem, 0,23 Ha of seagrass ecosystem, 39,7 Ha of coral reef ecosystem, and 2 Ha of fish apartment site. The zoning map shows that there are two high potential site as core zone, covering both area of 12,4 Ha and 6,5 Ha.

Assessing cryptic marine fauna diversity as underwater macrophotography (UMP) objects in Sempu Strait, Indonesia

Cryptic marine fauna refers to organisms that live inside habitats that hidden from direct exposure to their outer environment. Its cryptic nature made these animals rarely observed, and hence understudied. Whereas, they are very popular among experienced divers alike as underwater macrophotography objects. The aim of this study is to assess the diversity of cryptic marine fauna on the proximity of coral reef area at Sempu Strait to bring up its underwater macrophotography tourism potential. While the definition of cryptic marine fauna itself could include any major group of marine organisms, we limit the extent of our study only into the four most popular animal groups in underwater macrophotography which are: fishes, sea slugs, arthropods, and flatworms. We conducted underwater surveys using roving diver technique spanning from October 2017 to June 2019 at eleven dive sites of Sempu Strait and yielded 84 species that consists of 45 species of sea slug, 29 Species of fish, 8 species of arthropods, and 2 species of flatworms. The overall fauna diversity shows that Sempu Strait has high diversity of sea slug and cryptic fishes, while the site-specific diversity shows that Stumbut dive site has the highest marine cryptic fauna diversity