ANALYSIS OF OIL SPILL THREAT AND THE MITIGATION PLANNING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIA FISHING PORT
Budhi Gunadharma Gautama and Penny Dyah Kusumaningrum

Marine Research Center, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the biggest archipelago country with the enormous biodiversity. This marine ecosystem has a major threat coming from oil spill. There are two sources of oil spill, it may result from intentional or unintentional releases. The example of intentional releases is oil spill coming from operative discharges by shipping activities, including fishing vessels. On the unintentional side, oil spill accident such as the accident of oil platform is one of the most serious example of unintentional spill.
The negative extensive impact of oil spill may affect not only the environment but also the human life from social and economic aspects. The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries (MMAF) is the Indonesia government organization which is responsible institution of the management of marine and fisheries resources policies based on the sustainable development. MMAF is the authority management in the Fishing Ports to prevent and treatment of oil spill.
This research is working on the observation of the oil spill in Indonesia and management of the oil spill on the 7 fishing ports in Indonesia. We identified and quantified the potential source and the recommendation of mitigation planning to reduce, prevent and treatment.

Keywords: oil spill, fishing port, mitigation

Topic: Aquatic Pollution and Ecotoxicology (International)