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STORY: INDONESIA / FISH PATROL
TRT: 2:40
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: BAHASA / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: JANUARY 2017, LEMBEH ISLAND, INDONESIA
1. Wide shot, tilt up from water to fisherman Yus Sawali in boat
2.Wide shot, drone over sea and boat
3.Med shot, Yus Sawali patrolling water looking through binoculars
4.Wide shot, Yus Sawali patrolling water looking through binoculars
5.Close up, Yus Sawali patrolling water looking through binoculars
6.Wide shot, poacher entering water from boat
7.Wide underwater shot, poacher looking for fish
8.Med underwater shot, damaged coral
9.Close up, dead coral on shore
10.Wide shot, dead coral on shore with fishing boat behind
11.Wide shot, Yus Sawali and other fisherman patrolling shore
12.SOUNDBITE (Bahasa) Yus Sawali, Fisherman:
"We work together with the police to handle the fish bombing. So, when poachers do their activities here we call the police.”
13.Wide shot, fishing boat patrolling the water, coral visible beneath
14.Med shot, fisherman patrolling water, lifting up binoculars
15.Wide shot, trainer teaching community to replant mangroves
16.Med shot, local child replanting mangrove
17.Med shot, trainer instructing community member how to replant mangrove
18.Wide shot, trainer instructing community member how to replant mangrove
19.Med shot, man replanting mangrove
20.Wide shot community replanting mangroves
21.SOUNDBITE (Bahasa) Angelique Rumondor, Project Officer:
"The community has become aware that by protecting the environment they will be able to catch more fish."
22.Wide shot, trainer educating community about different corals
23.Close up, man holding page with pictures of different types of coral
24.Med shot, man holding page with pictures of different types of coral
25.SOUNDBITE (English) Ron Hartman, Indonesia Country Director, IFAD: "Education is a key element so how communities are informed of what fishing practices are destructive and how they can better manage themselves fish stocks rather than depleting their own natural resources.”
26.Med shot, fishing group member putting crayfish in bucket
27.Med shot, group member bringing bucket of fish
28.Med shot, group member pours bucket of fish into tub
29.Med shot, group member pays other member money for fish
30.Close up, money paid to group member
31.Wide shot, children walking along beach with plastic drums
32.Med shot, children collecting trash from the water
33.Med shot, children putting trash in a sack
34.Close up, group leader smiling
35.Wide shot, children putting trash into a plastic drum
Indonesia is one of the largest fish producers and exporters in the world and more than 90 percent of production comes from artisanal fishing.
Over the last decade, demand for fish in Asia has been rising steadily. And with it, fish poachers have been using more destructive methods - including coral-destroying poisons and explosives - to tap into the lucrative market.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is working with fishing communities to patrol and protect their waters, to discourage the destruction of this important fish habitat while ensuring they have sustainable future livelihoods.
Yus Sawali is a fisherman, but today he is not pulling nets.
He is patrolling the waters of a marine protected area off the coast of Lembeh Island in Eastern Indonesia, on the lookout for poachers who often use poison or explosives to stun or kill fish for easy collection.
But they also kill the coral – the fishes’ natural habitat - reducing fish stocks and threatening the livelihoods of small-scale fishermen like Yus.
"We work together with the police to handle the fish bombing. So, when poachers do their activities here we call the police,” said Yus.
By establishing these protected areas, fish populations are now growing both inside and outside the protected reserves and the local people have been trained to restore fish habitats by replanting coral and mangroves.
This is part of a project financed by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.
"The community has become aware that by protecting the environment they will be able to catch more fish," said Angelique Rumondor, Project Officer.
"Education is a key element,” said Ron Hartman, IFAD’s Indonesia Country Director. “Communities are informed of what fishing practices are destructive and how they can better manage fish stocks rather than depleting their own natural resources.”
With a sustainable supply of fish ensured, these fishermen have now formed groups to reach markets more efficiently and bargain collectively for better prices. The average income of each fisherman has increased six-fold.
And now, with their environment respected and their livelihoods safeguarded, they can dedicate themselves to building a more sustainable future for the generations to come.
