Appendix 1: Manta tow survey data
Appendix 1A: Survey of Nolloth village marine territory, 14 October 1997, from south to north.*
|
Tow # |
Dead |
Live |
Soft |
Sand |
Rubble |
Fish |
Bomb |
Note |
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
- |
+ |
+ |
yes |
Wailesi Bay, at south edge of sasi area. |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
— |
- |
+ |
yes |
Wailesi Bay. |
|
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
- |
+ |
+ |
no |
Reef crest about 200 m out from rocky beach. |
|
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
no |
In front of sandy beach near Tanjung Wailalone. |
|
5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
- |
— |
+ |
no |
Some sandy bottom between corals. |
|
6 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
- |
— |
+ |
no |
Wailalone at kewang guard house. Mixed corals |
|
7 - 8 |
No data: sharp drop to deep water. North of | |||||||
|
9 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
+ |
no |
Start of the best trochus harvesting area. |
|
10 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
— |
— |
+ |
no |
Tinauw, part of best trochus harvesting area, |
|
11 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
— |
0 |
+ |
yes |
Tinauw, near Tanjung Hatiwan. Mixed sand/ |
|
12 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
— |
— |
+ |
no |
Reef edge 300 - 400 m off beach. Lots of sandy |
|
13 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
yes |
Hatiwan area. Mixed bottom. End of best |
|
14 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
++ |
— |
+ |
no |
Hatiwan/Batu Goyang. Large sandy bottom. |
|
15 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
— |
— |
+ |
no |
Hatiwan. Diverse corals; 2 - 4 m deep. |
|
16 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
+ |
no |
Hatiwan, wide exposed reef shelf, few trochus. |
|
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+++ |
0 |
- |
no |
Sandy bottom; no coral reef. |
|
18 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
++ |
++ |
+ |
yes |
Last tow in sasi area. |
|
19 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
++ |
- |
+ |
no |
Non-sasi area at Umisini, reef slope close to shore. |
|
20 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
no |
From Hatule kaslekano to Hatusun; narrow reef |
|
21 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
— |
+ |
- |
no |
From Hatusun to Asal. |
|
22 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
- |
no |
Asal area. North of here are rocks and dead |
* Numbers refer to coral cover categories, i.e., 0 = no hard bottom for corals, 1 = <10% living cover on hard bottom, 2
= 11 - 30%, 3 = 31 - 50%, 4 = 51 - 75%, 5 = 76 - 100%. Abundance indicators: 0 = absent, — = rare, - = uncommon, + =
common, ++ = abundant, +++ = superabundant.
Appendix 1B: Manta tow data from Ihamahu territory, south of Nolloth sasi area.*
|
Tow |
Deadcorals |
Live hard corals |
Soft corals |
Sand |
Rubble |
Fish |
Bomb craters |
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
- |
++ |
+ |
Yes |
|
2 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
- |
++ |
n.d. |
Yes |
|
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
- |
++ |
n.d. |
Yes |
* Numbers refer to coral cover categories, i.e., 0 = no hard bottom for corals, 1 = <10% living cover on hard bottom, 2
= 11 - 30%, 3 = 31 - 50%, 4 = 51 - 75%, 5 = 76 - 100%. Abundance indicators: 0 = absent, — = rare, - = uncommon, + =
common, ++ = abundant, +++ = superabundant.
288 An Institutional Analysis of Sasi Laut in Maluku, Indonesia