2021 report lists 3,309 capture-fishing households in Manggarai Regency

Ruteng — An official 2021 performance report from the Manggarai Regency marine and fisheries office records 3,309 households engaged in capture fishing in the regency, but the document does not assign that figure to neighboring Manggarai Barat.

The figure appears in a section outlining local marine, fisheries and food-security potential in the 2021 performance report of the Manggarai Regency Office of Marine Affairs, Fisheries and Food Security, based in Ruteng. The report lists “jumlah rumah tangga perikanan tangkap 3.309 RTP,” identifying the unit as RTP, short for rumah tangga perikanan tangkap, or capture-fishing households.

The report is explicitly issued for Kabupaten Manggarai, with the agency address in Ruteng. It does not state that Manggarai Barat is covered by the 3,309-household figure, and its narrative and tables refer to conditions and performance in Manggarai Regency.

What the report records

Alongside the household count, the performance report presents an estimated sustainable capture-fisheries potential

The document does not explain the methodology used to generate the 3,309-household figure. It does not specify whether the count was obtained through a census, an administrative registry, a survey or another data collection mechanism, nor does it provide a breakdown by subdistrict or the number of individuals in those households.

Elsewhere, the report discusses performance against production targets for capture fisheries and aquaculture during 2021. It records production targets for capture fisheries of 6,494.59 tonnes and notes that overall performance against key targets reached more than 100 percent for that year. These performance metrics are presented separately from the household count and do not indicate any change in the number of capture-fishing households.

Additional planning documents for Manggarai Regency, such as the 2021 regional development work plan (RKPD), show fisheries production targets and outcomes consistent with the production figures cited in the performance report, reinforcing that the data refer to Manggarai Regency. However, these documents also do not provide an alternative figure for capture-fishing households.

Distinguishing Manggarai from Manggarai Barat

Manggarai and Manggarai Barat are administratively separate regencies in East Nusa Tenggara, each with its own fisheries office and planning documents. The Manggarai Barat medium-term development plan for 2021–2026 records capture-fisheries production by district within Manggarai Barat, reflecting a distinct dataset and institutional framework from that of Manggarai Regency.

Because the 3,309-household figure is clearly labeled as data for Manggarai Regency, using it as a measure of fishing households in Manggarai Barat would conflate two different jurisdictions. That substitution could distort estimates of coastal economic dependence and fishing pressure in Manggarai Barat, and could mislead readers about the effects of tourism growth or local fisheries policy there.

The Manggarai Regency report frames marine and fisheries development as important to local economic improvement and food supply, highlighting capture fisheries and various forms of aquaculture as development sectors. It does not, however, link the 3,309-household figure to tourism, conservation restrictions, changes in fishing pressure or household incomes. Any assessment of those relationships would require additional administrative, statistical or policy sources specific to each regency.

Data at a glance (Manggarai Regency, reported in 2021):

• Reported capture-fishing households: 3,309 RTP (capture-fishing households)
• Estimated sustainable capture-fisheries potential: 8,086 tonnes
• Capture-fisheries production target in 2021: 6,494.59 tonnes

Sources

• Satu Data Kabupaten Manggarai – Laporan Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah Dinas Kelautan, Perikanan dan Ketahanan Pangan Tahun 2021
• RKPD Kabupaten Manggarai Tahun 2021 (regional development work plan)
• RPJMD Kabupaten Manggarai Barat 2021–2026 (medium-term development plan)