DINAMIKA KELEMBAGAAN DAN IMPLIKASINYA DALAM PENGELOLAAN PERIKANAN KEPITING BAKAU DI OHOI EVU KABUPATEN MALUKU TENGGARA

Pengelolaan perikanan kepiting pada Kawasan Konservasi Pesisir dan Pulau-Pulau Kecil Pulau Kei Kecil dan Perairan Sekitarnya di Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Provinsi Maluku telah dilakukan. Salah satunya melalui pengembangan kelembagaan pengelola di Ohoi Evu, Kecamatan Hoat Sorbay. Inisiatif pengembangan model pengelolaan perikanan kepiting berbasis masyarakat dimulai dengan pembentukan kelompok nelayan Sinar Abadi. Kajian bertujuan menilai dinamika, status dan perkembangan kelembagaan di masyarakat dalam mendukung pengelolaan perikanan kepiting secara berkelanjutan. Dinamika kelembagaan dianalisis melalui penilaian domain kelembagaan dalam Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) dan pendekatan flag model. Status dan perkembangan kelembagaan dianalisis dengan pendekatan Institutional Development Framework (IDF). Penelitian ini menemukan dinamika kelembagaan pengelola perikanan kepiting bakau di Ohoi Evu tergolong dalam kategori sedang. Status kelembagaan cukup baik, berada pada tahap pemantapan dan kebutuhan pengembangan kelembagaan mendesak. Implikasi pengembangannya adalah peningkatan kapasitas kelembagaan dalam pengelolaan perikanan kepiting bertanggungjawab, penetapan dan implementasi Rencana Pengelolaan Perikanan Kepiting, serta penguatan sumberdaya manajemen kelompok dan kemitraan.The management of crab fishery in the Coastal and Small Islands Conservation Area of Kei Kecil Island and the surrounding Waters of Southeast Maluku Regency of Maluku Province has been conducted. One of them is through the development of management institution in Ohoi Evu, Hoat Sorbay Sub-district. The initiative of developing a community-based crab fisheries management model begins with the formation of the Sinar Abadi fishing group. The study aims to assess the dynamics, status and institutional development in the community to supporting the sustainable management of crab fisheries. The institutional dynamics are analyzed through the assessment of institutional domains in the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) and the flag model approach. Institutional status and development are analyzed by Institutional Development Framework (IDF) approach. This research found that the institutional dynamics of crab fishery management in Ohoi Evu belong to medium category. The institutional status is quite good, at the consolidation stage and the urgent institutional development needs. The implications are enhancement of institutional capacity in responsible fishery management of crabs, establishment and implementation of the Crab Fisheries Management Plan, and strengthening of institutional management resources and partnership.