New Administrative Territories in Indonesia and its Implications to Fisheries Extension Activities

Democratization process in Indonesia is implemented, among other thing, through the enactment of Decentralization policy nation-wide. Fisheries extension activities are activities that are also impacted directly and indirectly by the policy. By using qualitative indicative approach at provincial level, this study was conducted accordingly. It was found that no substantial indication that the decentralization policy led to a better performance of fisheries extension at provincial level. Moratorium policy for the establishment of new administrative territories is therefore supported by this result of the study.