Sustainability Analysis of Coastal and Marine Management in East Nusa Tenggara Province

Abstract

The analysis of the sustainability status of coastal and marine management in East Nusa Tenggara Province was conducted using the Rap-Coastal method, a development of the Rapfish technique commonly applied in assessing the sustainability of capture fisheries. This approach involves four main dimensions: ecological, economic, social, and governance policy. Data for these four dimensions were obtained through interviews and field observations in the study area, then analyzed using the Rap-Coastal software to determine the sustainability index for each dimension. The analysis results show that the overall sustainability status of coastal and marine management in East Nusa Tenggara Province is 66.92, indicating that management practices across the four dimensions fall into the moderately sustainable category. Based on the Leverage analysis of the ecological dimension, the three most sensitive attributes affecting coastal and marine sustainability in NTT are fish stock levels (RMS 7.52), coastal erosion (RMS 6.51), and ecosystem rehabilitation (RMS 6.43). For the economic dimension, two attributes are the most sensitive: unemployment rate (RMS 33.62) and contribution of the marine sector (RMS 33.52). In the social dimension, the three most sensitive attributes are community dependence on coastal and marine resources (RMS 7.58), community participation in management (RMS 6.50), and local wisdom (RMS 6.43). Meanwhile, the Leverage analysis for the governance policy dimension shows that the attribute of institutional presence and involvement (RMS 7.88) is the most sensitive.