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Compo, 1999. La Nina could also heighten wave height by around 20 cm. Additionally, rising SST will lead to an increase of extreme weather events storms, cyclone. According to
Saunders and Lea 2008, an increase in SST by 0.5ºC is correlated with an increase of hurricanes by as much as 40. Although very few tropical cyclones hit land in Indonesia,
extreme marine weather events that occur in other areas may cause significant impact in the form of massive high waves and storm surges to vulnerable coastal areas.
6.2 Issues and Strategies of the Marine and Fisheries Sector
Several issues that were initially identified in the marine and fisheries sector from risk analysis are:
1. Existing regulation and policy have not specified the need for climate change adaptation 2. Inundation of settlements, businesses and ports because of SLR and damage caused by
storms have not been considered. 3. Shifting of fishing grounds, depletion of fishing stocks, and the changing pattern of winds
will bring severe damages Inundation of fishponds on coastal areas because of SLR 4. Degrading and sinking small islands in the remote areas of Indonesia border
The strategies for Roadmap of climate change adaptation in marine and fishery sector are as follows:
1. Physical adaptation in coastal zones and small islands by an integrated management and environmentally sound physical engineering.
2. Population management 3. Infrastructure and public facility management
4. Resource management of fisheries, water resources and defense and security small strategic islands on the border
5. Integrated ecosystem management of coastal zones, small islands and ocean 6. Formulation of regulation and policy for adaptation
7. Data and research inventory and human resource development
6.3 Activities of the Marine and Fisheries Sector
Several activities to anticipate hazards brought by intensified climate change were discussed in several focus group discussions with stakeholders from marine and fisheries sector and
illustrated in the table below.
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Among those activities, there are five champion activities recommended for the marine and fisheries sector based on current and projected conditions as follows:
1 Activities of formulation or adjustment of regulation, policy and institutional capacity of the marine and fishery sector to adapt to climate change in coastal areas and small islands
consists: Formulating norms, standards, guidelines, and criteria for climate change adaptation and
mitigation Adjustment of regulation and policy related to climate change
Acceleration of the issuance of local government decision on Strategic Plan of Coastal Zone And Small Islands WP3K that has incorporated climate change and a risk map
