CTC has recently conducted a series of leadership training programs with the aim of empowering the blue swimming crab (BSC) women fishers of Gedongmulyo Village in Rembang Regency, Central Java. The activities were designed to equip 19 female participants with the skills and knowledge required...
This month CTC returned to Gedongmulyo village in Rembang District, Central Java for an in-depth survey of gender perceptions and needs identification to support capacity-building for local blue swimming crab (BSC) women fishers. The survey aims to provide additional data to start a pilot project...
From September 13 to 16, 2021, CTC successfully conducted an online capacity-building training for managers of the blue swimming crab (BSC) fishery and members of the Sustainable BSC Fisheries Management Committee (KPPRB) in Lampung. The activity covered various topics about leadership, particularly organizational management and...
In many capture fisheries businesses in Indonesia, women appear at the forefront. Their roles are diverse, starting from collecting the day’s catch from landing sites, to processing valuable bycatch into saleable products. Everything is done to increase fishers, who are mainly men, tend to be...
Coral Triangle Center (CTC), Starling Resources (SR), and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are working together to prepare the roadmap for the Action Plan for Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) Management for West Java Province. A series of virtual meetings with the Department of Marine Affairs and...
With action plans for Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) fisheries in West Java Province currently on hold due to the pandemic, we conducted a virtual training for fisheries managers to continue the work. The training was held on July 15-16, 2020 and with 22 provincial and...
On November 29, 2019, CTC renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bali Province Government, specifically with the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Department (Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan). The MOU renewal was signed by CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani and DKP head Ir I...
Hasna is a 36 year-old mother of four boys from a fishing village in Samkai, Merauke District in Papua Province. Her house is right next the shore where local fishing boats anchor before going out to sea and unload their catch upon their return. The shore in...
Did you know there will be more plastic in the sea than fish by 2050 if we continue this path of one-use plastic consumption! Have you ever seen a sea bird or fish with a belly full of plastic? It’s rather confronting and saddening at...
The Coral Triangle Center has successfully accomplished one of its most significant contributions to the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (USAID SEA) Project through the launching of "Pejuang Laut" during the World Fisheries Day 2017 commemoration in Ambon, Maluku, on November 21-22, 2017. Around 45 "Pejuang...
