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**Fisheries Management Specialist, USAID Ber-IKAN**
Jakarta, Indonesia
**Fisheries & Oceans Program**
- Healthy oceans are the lifeblood of our planet. But they're in peril - from climate change, overfishing, habitat destruction and other threats. That's why EDF's Fisheries & Oceans program is working to safeguard the oceans and protect nature while feeding the planet, creating more secure livelihoods, and bolstering more equitable societies for human well-being. One of the greatest threats to the oceans is overfishing, which is why our dedicated team of scientists, economists, and fishery management experts are collaborating with partners around the globe to make sustainable fishing the norm. Through our programs in the U.S., Latin America, and Asia Pacific, we draw on strong science and economic principles to advance sustainable fishing practices, forward-looking policies and innovative tools that support the health of our oceans and the people who depend on them for food and their livelihoods.
In Indonesia, EDF has been working since 2014 under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. EDF is currently an implementing partner for the newly launched USAID's Indonesia Collaborative Fisheries Management Project (Ber-IKAN). This project is aimed at seeking to advance Indonesia's self-reliance to protect marine biodiversity by improving sustainable and equitable management of fisheries.
**Overall Function**
This position will be based in Jakarta and will be a key member of the EDF Indonesia team, working full-time to support the USAID Ber-Ikan project activities. This position will report to the Objective 1 Senior Fisheries Management Lead of the USAID Ber-IKAN project.
This is a fixed term position through 2027.
**Key Responsibilities**- Support the execution of a participatory science-based process using FISHE methodology and/or other suitable methodologies that brings together Fisheries Management Councils (FMCs), provincial DKPs, fisheries co-management committees, communities, district governments, NGOs, and the private sector to develop, review and/or refine the selected priority fisheries management plan, harvest strategies and action plans in Fisheries Management Areas (WPPs) 711 and 715.-
- Establish close working relationships with Ber-Ikan partners, including MMAF, provincial DKPs, and district or village governments, to coordinate implementation plan and facilitate participatory and inclusive co-creation processes that increase small-scale fisheries, community-based organization, community, and private sector involvement in fisheries management.-
- Support provincial governments and MMAF to implement fisheries reforms such as output-based fisheries licensing and taxation processes (e.g., Measured Fisheries /Perikanan Terukur), educate communities and the private sector on these reforms and develop ways to utilize the Ber-IKAN grants program to partner with local NGOs, media partners, social media opinion leaders, women groups, youth and indigenous people-
- Support stakeholders to set priorities and establish and implement fisheries management action plans using the FISHE methodology to assist each provincial or district counterpart in conducting ecosystem health assessments (including baseline vulnerability assessments) to understand the ecological and socio-economic impact of climate change and supply chain risks).-
- Support efforts to increase accuracy and adoption of eLogbook for vessels under 30 Gross Ton (GT), and work with KKP and provincial DKPs to increase the use and accuracy of eLogbook on small and medium-sized commercial vessels in target fisheries. It includes building partnerships with industry associations and companies to create an incentives and rewards program to increase eLogbook compliance in SSF and commercial vessels.-
- Support to identify opportunities to act on KKP recommendations to strengthen WPP institutions and the roles of the WPP executive coordinator, scientific, and consultative panels to foster collaborative management builds resilience from supply chains to SSF communities. It includes the establishment of work
