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I. N. Parker
Fig. 14.5 Preparing to sell fish at Waisai market, Saporkren, August 2015
no-take zone near a manta aggregation site; sasi gereja areas; an area with village gear
restrictions; and the encompassing Dampier Straits MPA NGO-sponsored community marine patrols have been critical to the return of reef sharks, and have reduced
fishing raids from gangsters near Sorong city.
While increasing numbers of tourist visitors have created some tensions over
trash, fishermen reported that they now catch much closer to shore than ten years
ago (Fig. 14.5). Funds from larger sasi harvest revenues have also supported church
construction and holiday feasts. In February 2017, reflecting increased cooperation
between Beteo residents and conservationists, nine residents from local villages in the
area were recognized as manta guardians to protect pregnant females from harassment by over-eager tourists at a mating and feeding site on a shoal near Arborek
village. Such actions are also designed to reinforce institutional mechanisms to
continue protecting important species.
Sasi and no-take marine protected areas draw their moral foundations from
different beliefs and values but together have formed a lattice of norms, institutional practices, and effective controls for supporting key habitats in several island
zones across Raja Ampat. This is notable because conservationists and locals reported
I. N. Parker
Fig. 14.5 Preparing to sell fish at Waisai market, Saporkren, August 2015
no-take zone near a manta aggregation site; sasi gereja areas; an area with village gear
restrictions; and the encompassing Dampier Straits MPA NGO-sponsored community marine patrols have been critical to the return of reef sharks, and have reduced
fishing raids from gangsters near Sorong city.
While increasing numbers of tourist visitors have created some tensions over
trash, fishermen reported that they now catch much closer to shore than ten years
ago (Fig. 14.5). Funds from larger sasi harvest revenues have also supported church
construction and holiday feasts. In February 2017, reflecting increased cooperation
between Beteo residents and conservationists, nine residents from local villages in the
area were recognized as manta guardians to protect pregnant females from harassment by over-eager tourists at a mating and feeding site on a shoal near Arborek
village. Such actions are also designed to reinforce institutional mechanisms to
continue protecting important species.
Sasi and no-take marine protected areas draw their moral foundations from
different beliefs and values but together have formed a lattice of norms, institutional practices, and effective controls for supporting key habitats in several island
zones across Raja Ampat. This is notable because conservationists and locals reported