Rapid Ecological Assessment - Indo-Pacific Images

2.9.2 Old Migrants................................................................................................................................... 31
2.9.3 Destructive Fishing Practices ......................................................................................................... 31
2.9.4 Logging........................................................................................................................................... 33
2.9.5 Pearl Farming ................................................................................................................................. 35
2.10 Tenure Issues and Cultural Regulations Governing Resource Use ..................................................... 35
2.11 Influence and Involvement of Outside Parties on Resource Use......................................................... 36
2.11.1 Blast Fishermen ............................................................................................................................ 37
2.11.2 Potassium Cyanide Fishermen...................................................................................................... 37
2.11.3 Ikan Teri Fishermen and the Tuna Fishing Companies................................................................ 38
2.11.4 Philippine Fishermen.................................................................................................................... 38
2.11.5 Balinese Fishermen ...................................................................................................................... 38
2.12 Community Development Issues in Raja Ampat.................................................................................39
2.13 Immediate Challenges Faced by the Raja Ampat Government........................................................... 39
2.14 What Can Be Done to Help the People and Government of Raja Ampat? ......................................... 40
2.15 Areas Likely to Achieve Greatest Conservation Success.................................................................... 40
2.16 References ........................................................................................................................................... 40
Chapter 3 Coral Reef Fishes of the Raja Ampat Islands ................................................................................ 42
3.1 Summary................................................................................................................................................ 42
3.2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 43
3.3 Methods ................................................................................................................................................. 43
3.4 Results ................................................................................................................................................... 43
3.4.1 General faunal composition............................................................................................................ 43
3.4.2 Fish community structure ............................................................................................................... 45
3.4.3 Richest sites for fishes .................................................................................................................... 45
3.4.4 Coral Fish Diversity Index (CFDI)................................................................................................. 46
3.4.5 Zoogeographic affinities of the Raja Ampats fish fauna ................................................................ 49
3.4.6 Endemism....................................................................................................................................... 50
3.5 New records for Indonesia..................................................................................................................... 51
3.6 Historical background ........................................................................................................................... 52
3.7 Overview of the Indonesian fish fauna.................................................................................................. 53
3.8 Discussion and Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 54
3.9 Conservation.......................................................................................................................................... 55
3.9.1 Priority areas................................................................................................................................... 56
3.9.2 Freshwater collection...................................................................................................................... 56
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