Project development Goal:

Healthy coral reef and sustainable livelihood in ornamental fish, in Les, Tejakula, Bali.

Project Objectives :

1. To restore the health of coral reef habitat
2. To put in place sustainable ornamental fishery
3. To improve people?s livelihood through eco-trading
4. To improve the awareness and knowledge of local people in management of coral reef ecosystem.

Expected output :

1. A model of community-based coral reef management which is able to restore the condition of the coral reef
2. A concept of sustainable ornamental fishery
3. A formulation of success indicators of coral reef management
4. Improved capacity of local people in coral reef management
5. Alternative or additional livelihood for ornamental fisher community
6. A Management Information System supporting coral reef management and sustainable ornamental fishery.

Activities to be conducted :
I. Social Preparation
This will include consolidation of Bahtera Nusantara as both a facilitator of the people?s organization community and as the main beneficiary and actor of the project.
During this phase, the following activities will be conducted:
1. Production of a Program Information Kit to be used in socialization and consultation of the project;
2. Coordination and consultation of the project, including kampung level meetings and introduction meetings with relevant government and non-government groups (including business community) to gather support and participation in the design and implementation of the project.
3. Recruitment of live-in Community Organizers, who will serve as day to day information and communication managers and directly assist the fisher families in setting up their organization.
4. Community Organizing, including setting up a fisher organization, improving sustainable fishing techniques, managing the organization, exchanging information, and certification, labeling and trading. A three-monthly meeting between fisher organization and the project will be organized for monitoring and coordination.

II. Coral Reef Restoration
This will include:
1. Mapping of Habitat. Using Participatory Action Research and Mapping, the resource will be mapped to lay out locations for restoration, spawning, fishery, and other uses. This will then be the base for the management plan of the area. Mapping will involve:
a. Training in Participatory Action Research
b. Designation of mother coral (donor) areas and sites for restoration.
c. Creation of a database to support the management of the area.
2. Coral Farming. Twenty plots consisting of one-meter square spots will be designated at each farming site; each will be planted with 50 stems of hard/soft coral from the mother coral areas. Cement blocks will be used as boundary to inhibit the fragmentation process (3 months). The fishermen, assisted by project staff and invited coral reef experts, will undertake the whole process. The coral farm will also be marketed as a tourist destination.
3. Monitoring of Coral Reef Ecosystem. This crucial component will consist of:
a. Training on inventarization and monitoring of coral reef ecosystems for fishers.
b. Developing indicators for conservation.
c. Regular monitoring.
d. Data analysis and reporting.
4. Policy Work to strengthen the recognition of the management system. This will include the following activities:
a. Designation of community-based management system through customary law at the village level (written awiq-awiq), that will be recognized by Head District Buleleng.
b. Public hearing to obtain public and government support.

III. Environmentally Friendly Fishery
Designation and establishment of a fishing zone will follow the spread of non-cyanide fishing techniques. The village will set the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) of the zone. Therefore, Les will produce sustainable and economically sound ornamental fishes. Steps to achieve the sustainable fishery in Les will include:
1. A comprehensive study of local ecology and stock assessment. This will gather a one-year data of fish catch. Analysis of both information will result the MSY of the fishing zone.
2. Promotion of environmentally friendly fishing technique. This will include training to make fishing equipment (net and decompression basin), production and distribution of the equipment through the revolving fund scheme, implementation on the field, and legal recognition of the technique by relevant government agencies. . Promotion of the technique will go along with the agreement of the MSY and fishing zonation. This activity will involve neighboring village for future replication.

IV. Eco-Trading of Ornamental Fish and Economic Empowerment
Eco-trading is vital to increase the low income of fishers in the ornamental fish business. This will be achieved by cutting the longer-than-necessary global trade chain. The project will address the issue of fisher capacity in directly running the trade, especially handling and packaging of the product and marketing. The project will also pursue MAC?s (Marine Aquarium Council) certification of products from Les.

Major activities in this phase include:
1. Training on eco-trading. This is for both the collection side (fishing technique, handling, and recording of catch) and farming management (including packaging, quality control, and administration).
2. Development of a business plan. This will be based on real-stock data and ecological consideration. A business consultant will assist the process of formulation of the plan.
3. Running the business, including:
a. Improvement of farming facility. This will be upgrading of the quality of existing farms in Les according to quality of export. Capital for infrastructure will be from the revolving fund scheme.
b. Installment of recording system and export administration. The project will provide office equipment, computer and fax machine, and training to install the necessary administration systems in Les.
c. Building the market. This includes:
 Building contacts with domestic exporters and foreign importers.
 Promotion to investors to set up business in the village.
 Promotion of products by producing audiovisual materials, conduct exhibitions, and developing of an internet site.
 Development of a network between producers. This will be done with a series of visits and meetings with fishermen from other areas related to ornamental fishery.
 The project will also provide training for fishers in other areas in Indonesia, especially in the eastern part, and act as a mediator between fisher communities to set up trade.
 Managing the revolving fund scheme, to be returned to the communities for further business development.
d. Exporting the product. Exporting the product will be the milestone of the project. Investment will be needed in this phase to obtain government permits, contract cargo companies, and others related to exporting ornamental fish.

V. Information Management System
The information system will function as database, serve the monitoring needs, basis for decision making, and material for campaigns. This phase will include:
1. Installment of basic infrastructure.
2. Development of the system. The data base fields will include: repository data, records of species and populations, condition of the ecosystem, monitoring reports, export data, etc. To support the advocacy, the information system will used in:
a. Developing of an effective communication strategy for the public.
b. Documentation of lessons learned to be used in other areas and advancement of the endeavor.
3. Media Outreach. It is understood that the whole process of the project is very valuable in context of coastal and marine issues in Indonesia, especially on empowerment of reef fisher communities and addressing destructive fishing problems. The project will package the documentation of the process as books, learning module, and audiovisual media.

Project Participants and/or beneficiaries :

1. Bahtera Nusantara
2. MAC
3. ProMola/Telapak
4. Fishers Organization
5. People?s of Les

The project is managed by a 5-person team of Bahtera Nusantara led by Arsonetri, its Executive Director. The project will ensure women?s participation in both project management and fieldwork. Bahtera Nusantara and the people of Les will jointly own the project. The mutual ownership includes the decision-making process, financing the project and associated risks, data and information generated by the project, and financial benefit from the business activities generated by the project.