The Effort to Maintain Mangrove Forest through the Development of Silvofishery Pond

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10.2991/icssis-18.2019.54How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Silvofishery pond, fish farmer, the function of mangrove, mangrove utilization, community empowerment

Abstract

The objective of this study was to find out the perception and utilization of mangrove forest by the sylvofishery fish farmers to maintain mangrove ecosystem in Desa Tanjung Rejo, Sub-district Percut Sei Tuan, Deli Serdang Regency. The study was conducted through questionnaires and field observations on twenty-two ponds populations that have been applied silvofishery model in Desa Tanjung Rejo, Sub District Percut Sei Tuan, Deli Serdang Regency. The method used in this study was descriptive analysis with a qualitative approach. The results of a study on the effort to maintain mangrove forest through the development of sylvofishery pond showed that fish farmers’ perception about the function of mangrove forest has average 90% and the utilization of mangrove forest, which existed in their pond, has average 80%. Furthermore, on the management of mangrove forest, sylvofishery farmers were involved together to protect and evaluate the mangrove.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Meilinda Suriani Harefa
AU  - Zulkifili Nasution
AU  - Miswar Budi Mulya
AU  - Azhar Maksum
PY  - 2019/05
DA  - 2019/05
TI  - The Effort to Maintain Mangrove Forest through the Development of Silvofishery Pond
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (ICSSIS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 262
EP  - 265
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icssis-18.2019.54
DO  - 10.2991/icssis-18.2019.54
ID  - SurianiHarefa2019/05
ER  -