An institutional analysis of sasi laut in Maluku, Indonesia

Map #
Village

Sasi fisheries rules

Non-sas/ fisheries rules

Notes

58
Hitu
Messing

None. Used to be sasi Ielang for pelagic fish (?).

Blast fishing forbidden.

59
Mamoa

None. Sea cucumbers, top shells and some fish may
have been under sasi in the past. No written rules._______

Blast fishing and use of poisons forbidden.

Dusun of Hila.

60
Waitomu

None. Marine sasi lost.

Bobo nets regulated. Blast fishing and use
of poisons prohibited.________________________

Dusun of Hila.

61

None.

Toisapu

Bagan fishery requires government permits.

Dusun of Hutumuri. Fishers see fishery
as unregulated. Low involvement of
fishers in decision-making.____________

62
Sameth

No marine sasi. Village sasi forbids taking sand
and rocks from beach.

Blast fishing and use of poisons forbidden.

Sameth people share Iompa fish from sasi
harvests in Haruku. Kewang not active
because there are no descendents of
kepala kewang line left in the village.

63
Sirisori
Amalatu

None.

None.

Villagers (but not kepala desa) want to
see sasi adat revived on land and sea.