Early in June, Indonesia celebrated Coral Triangle Day on June 9 with this year’s theme “Balancing Conservation and Blue Economy” that also acknowledges the indispensable role of women in fisheries and marine resources conservation. In Rembang District, Central Java, a group of women are embodying...
From March 29 to April 30, 2024, CTC successfully conducted a learning exchange and dissemination of the lessons learned from the Banda Deep Sea Snapper Fisheries Project at Gedung OK Makatita in the Banda Islands. The two-day event marked a significant milestone in the efforts...
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...
Among the biggest challenges of realizing sustainable marine and fisheries resource management in Indonesia is the availability of qualified and capable human capital. In an effort to address this gap, CTC has signed an agreement with the of Research and Human Resources for Marine and Fisheries...
On November 03-06, 2020, CTC supported collaborative work between the Marine and Fisheries Agency of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province and the Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program (WCS-IP) to hold the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Training in Banda Aceh. The training aimed to increase participants’...
CTC in collaboration with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) facilitated a virtual meeting to develop a Fisheries Improvement Program (FIP) action plan for selected snapper species in Banda Islands, Maluku. This meeting also aimed to present highlighted pre-assessment results and findings done during the second...
Did you know that 90% of the world's fish stocks are now fully fished or overfished? Did you know that overfishing destroys our marine ecosystem and you can help stem this decline by knowing the story of the fish that you eat? These and other...
CTC team members traveled to Langgur in Maluku and Merauke in Papua Province on April 27-30, 2017 to conduct consultation meetings with local fishing communities and better understand how to support them in adopting sustainable fishing methods under the 'Building a Sustainable Seafood Industry to...
