The Concept of the Right to Management of Coastal Communities in the Regional Autonomy Era: Experience from Community Assistance to Obtain the Right to Manage Sea Cucumbers in Sunsak Bay, East Lombok.

The purpose of this research is having experience from around the world shows that fisheries management that produces lasting economic and ecological performance requires the use of fishing rights (rights-based fisheries management/RBFM) integrated as part of a well-designed management system that includes sustainable catch limits and effective monitoring and enforcement. The concept of fishing rights is not a new thing in Indonesia – in fact, many adat (traditional) customs such as sasi, awig-awig, and penglima laut are consistent with fishing rights and have been recognized for centuries. Such customary systems can provide a foundation for a new and effective system of fishing rights specially tailored to the culture, customs and needs of Indonesia. This research is using a qualitative method to identify what exactly happened in a coastal zone area. In reality, the concept of the Right to Management of Coastal Communities in the Regional Autonomy era has never been implemented in regional regulations that explicitly consider the rights needs of local communities. From the case of processing sea cucumber management permits in Sunsak Bay, East Lombok, it shows that local communities have never been a priority in the regional regulations to obtain the right to manage sea cucumbers.