The marine mammal stranding brochure and poster

Berikut ini adalah artikel tentang brosur dan poster penanganan mamalia laut yang terdampar dalam bahasa Inggris. Klik tautan ini untuk edisi bahasa Indonesia. 

After several months of delay, we are delighted to finally bring you the translated version of the marine mammal stranding brochure and poster, funded by WWF Indonesia. Special thanks to Dinda Prayunita for the design and Nimal Fernando for the editing. So far, we have no plan to mass-print this English edition. However, high-res PDFs are available upon request for individual printing. 

the brochure, 1st page

The final report for the cetacean bycatch study, funded by the International Whaling Commission

Berikut ini adalah abstrak dan tautan untuk laporan akhir cetacean bycatch di Paloh dan Adonara Indonesia yang didanai oleh the International Whaling Commission. Di bawah ini adalah artikel bahasa Inggris. Untuk bahasa Indonesia, klik tautan ini. 

Fishing boats in Paloh, West Kalimantan (@Putu Liza Mustika 2014)

The followings are the abstract and link to the final report of cetacean bycatch in Paloh and Adonara Indonesia, generously funded by the International Whaling Commission. Our many gratitudes to Dr Toni Ruchimat as the Director General of the Capture Fisheries of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries for his support and introductory letter. Our many gratitudes as well to WWF Indonesia, particularly Dwi Suprapti, DVM and Agri Aditya who have taken us everywhere in Paloh, West Kalimantan during our field work. We would also like to acknowledge Dr Danielle Kreb (RASI Foundation) and Dr Tara S. Whitty who had conducted their independent cetacean bycatch studies in East Kalimantan prior to this study. Dr Whitty had also provided us useful suggestions during the design phase of the work. Our thanks are also extended to our research assistants (Emitha Wulandari, Tyas Woro Prasasti and Abdul Hamid Sidik) for the data collection and data entry.

If the link is not working, do contact me at putuliza at gmail dot com for the PDF.

A pilot study to identify the extent of small cetacean bycatch in Indonesia using fisher interview and stranding data as proxies

Final report to the International Whaling Commission

By Putu Liza Mustika¹, Februanty S. Purnomo², and Simon Northridge³

1, 2 Whale Stranding Indonesia

3 School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom

Abstract

This study examines the extent of artisanal fishery bycatch of cetaceans at two locations in Indonesia. The study locations were at Paloh (West Kalimantan) and at Adonara (East Nusa Tenggara); each site represents different gear types and different cetacean species. We used three methods: semi-structured interviews of fishermen; examination of stranding data and direct observations. The work was preceded by a workshop to identify signs of fishing gear interaction on cetacean stranding cases in Bali in November 2013, followed by direct observations and interviews from late February to early May 2014. 

Laporan akhir cetacean bycatch yang didanai oleh International Whaling Commission

The followings are the abstract and link to the final report of cetacean bycatch in Paloh and Adonara Indonesia, funded by the International Whaling Commission. The article is in Indonesian. Click here for the English version.

 

The Lamahala beach in Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara (@Februanty Purnomo 2014)

Berikut ini adalah abstrak dan tautan untuk laporan akhir kegiatan pemantauan cetacean bycatch di Paloh dan Adonara yang didanai oleh the International Whaling Commission.Terima kasih banyak untuk Dr Toni Ruchimat sebagai Direktur Jenderal Perikanan Tangkap di Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan atas dukungan dan surat pengantar resmi dari beliau. Terima kasih juga kepada WWF Indonesia, terutama Drh Dwi Suprapti yang telah mengantar kami melakukan ke mana-mana di Paloh, Kalimantan Barat. Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih dan menghargai hasil kerja Dr Danielle Kreb (RASI Foundation) dan Dr Tara S. Whitty yang telah melakukan penelitian bycatch cetacean secara terpisah di Kalimantan Timur beberapa tahun sebelum riset kami dilakukan. Dr Whitty juga telah memberikan masukan kepada kami saat perancangan riset ini. Kami juga berterima kasih kepada para asisten riset kami (Emitha Wulandari, Tyas Woro Prasasti and Abdul Hamid Sidik) yang telah membantu pengumpulan data dan data entry.

Jika tautan tidak berfungsi, silakan hubungi saya di putuliza at gmail dot com untuk PDFnya. 

A pilot study to identify the extent of small cetacean bycatch in Indonesia using fisher interview and stranding data as proxies

Final report to the International Whaling Commission

By Putu Liza Mustika¹, Februanty S. Purnomo², and Simon Northridge³

1, 2 Whale Stranding Indonesia

3 School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom

Abstrak

Dokumen ini mengkaji tangkapan samping mamalia laut dalam perikanan tradisional di dua tempat di Indonesia. Studi ini dilakukan di Paloh (Kalimantan Barat) dan Adonara (Nusa Tenggara Timur); setiap lokasi mewakili alat tangkap yang berbeda dan spesies mamalia laut yang berbeda pula. Studi ini menggunakan tiga metode: wawancara semi terstruktur dengan nelayan; pemeriksaan kejadian terdampar dan pengamatan langsung. Kegiatan ini didahului oleh pelatihan untuk mengidentifikasi tanda-tanda interaksi alat tangkap pada kasus mamalia laut terdampar pada bulan November 2013 di Bali, yang diikuti dengan pengamatan langsung dan wawancara pada bulan Februari sampai dengan Maret 2014. 

Brosur dan poster penanganan kejadian mamalia laut yang terdampar

The following is an article about the recently published brochures and posters on the handling of stranded marine mammals (Indonesian version). The English version is available here.

Setelah melalui proses desain selama beberapa bulan, akhirnya telah terbit brosur dan poster penanganan kejadian mamalia laut yang terdampar pada akhir Mei 2014 yang lalu. Pendanaan diberikan oleh WWF Indonesia, produksi dilakukan bersama antara Whale Stranding Indonesia, the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center, dan Persatuan Dokter Hewan Indonesia Cabang Bali, serta bekerja sama dengan Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) serta Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI). Brosur desain oleh Dinda Prayunita dan printing oleh Matoa Albarits. 

Di bawah ini adalah JPEG brosur dan poster dengan resolusi rendah. Email saya untuk memperoleh file resolusi tinggi. Brosur dicetak bolak balik di atas bahan PP PVC, poster dicetak di atas bahan art-paper. Lokasi utama stockist brosur dan poster adalah KKP (Jakarta), WWF Indonesia (Jakarta), Whale Stranding Indonesia (Jakarta), serta the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center (Bali). 

Brosur lembar pertama

Report of the 1st National Indonesian Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop, Sanur Bali 25-28 November 2013

Apologies for the hiatus; I’ve been busy with my returning back to Australia and wrapping up three 1^st responder training workshops in Indonesia beforehand. I realised that I had not given a report on the 1^st National Indonesian Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop we conducted in Bali last November (25-28 Nov 2013), hence I whipped up the report I made to our funding agencies and tailored-suit it for this blog. The followings are the gist:

 

The 1^st National Indonesian Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop was conducted in Bali from 25 to 28 November 2013 to increase the capacity of Indonesian and Asian 1^st responders in the handling of live stranded marine mammals, increase the understanding of the science behind marine mammal stranding events, provide skills on how to determine the cause of death of marine mammals through necropsy and strengthen and widen the Indonesian and Asian stranding networks, including  capacity building and public awareness strategies.

Sousa chinensis mum and baby: Another bycatch from Paloh

The female Sousa chinensis by-caught in Paloh, pic by Taufik

17 February 2014

Februanty Purnomo and I were packing our stuff for one night overnight at Temajuk by the border of Sarawak when Dwi Suprapti, DVM rushed in, declaring that a fisher just caught a dolphin in a village nearby. We dropped our overnight stuff, grabbed our GPS, camera and note book, and drove out to Guntung, about 20 min drive south from the WWF Paloh basecamp where we had been staying since last Saturday.

We arrived about an hour too late, apparently, for when we arrived there, the dolphin had been cleanly dissected by the locals for personal consumption, leaving only about 30x30x30 chunk of meat in whitish skin on the ground. Thanks to technology tho, even fishers nowadays have smartphones. One of them produced his Blackberry and showed us the picture of the dolphin. As I suspected from the white skin, it was a Sousa chinensis (Indo Pacific humpback dolphin).

How to dispose of dead stranded whales?

Ini adalah versi bahasa Inggris dari artikel tentang cara membuang bangkai paus yang sudah mati. Klik tautan ini untuk versi bahasa Indonesia-nya.

The sperm whale stranded at Central Sulawesi on 4 Feb. Source: local govt of Central Sulawesi

Well, actually not only whales, but also dolphins, porpoises, dugongs. In general, the question of what to do with dead stranded marine mammals is a frequently received question, particularly since a few days ago when a 18m sperm whale stranded at Morowali Beach, Central Sulawesi. Naturally, dealing with small cetaceans and dugongs is easier than trying to dispose of a whale, as you would read below. But let’s start from the beginning.

Bagaimana cara membuang bangkai paus yang mati?

This is the Indonesian version of an article on dead whale carcass disposal. Click this link for the English version. 

Sperm whale yang terdampar tgl 4 Feb yang lalu, SatuSulteng

Artikel ini sebenarnya sih tidak hanya untuk bangkai paus saja, tapi juga untuk lumba-lumba dan dugong. Secara umum pertanyaan ini sering terlontarkan, terutama dalam beberapa hari ini sejak seekor paus sperma berukuran 18m  terdampar di Pantai Morowali, Sulawesi Tengah. Memang wajar jika penanganan cetacean kecil (seperti lumba-lumba) dan dugong lebih mudah dibandingkan berusaha menyingkirkan paus yang sudah mati. Tapi mari kita mulai dari awal.

A friend is now with the stars...

The late Creusa "Tetha" Hitipeuw

A friend commented recently that I was (or, well, am) the first cetologist in Indonesia. Native cetologist, at least. It might be true. But I realise now, it might not happen without the sheer inspiration of a person who is not with us anymore on this planet.

The said person was Creusa “Tetha” Hitipeuw, an Indonesian sea turtle expert who for almost two decades worked with WWF Indonesia before her departure a few days before Christmas 2013. This post is dedicated to Tetha Hitipeuw, my old colleague back when I was still working at WWF from 1997 to 2003, a woman so strong and determined that her departure left a big hole in the hearts of us conservationists in this country. This post is more than a month’s late, about 40 days actually. The Javanese believe that once departed, a soul will still linger around on this plane of existence for 40 days to say thank you and goodbye to family and friends. Tetha’s 40 days was on the 31^st of January, just as the Year of the Snake ended and the Year of the Horse started. Better be late than never; I think this obituary post is still worth it.

Not always together: mum and calf in a mass stranding

The short-finned pilot whale mass stranding in Sabu Raijua, Oct 2012 (pic by Sabu govt and TNC)

In a mass stranding, mother and calf are not always stranded together. Some calves could also be found without the mothers in the vicinity. Check this excellent paper by Oremus et al (2013): 

Oremus, M., Gales, R., Kettles, H. & Baker, C. S. 2013, 'Genetic Evidence of Multiple Matrilines and Spatial Disruption of Kinship Bonds in Mass Strandings of Long-finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala melas', Journal of Heredity, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 301-311.

Full paper, click here. 

Abstract: 

Mass strandings of whales and dolphins have puzzled biologists since Aristotle. Although environmental factors are often assumed to initiate strandings, social forces must also influence the dynamics of many of these events, particularly for the primary species involved in mass strandings, the long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas).