Journal of Coastal Zone Management

Abstract

Bureaucratic Support-Related Factors and their Relationships to the Implementation of a Decentralised Fisheries Extension in Java, Indonesia

Waridin

This study is aimed to assess the relationships between bureaucratic support-related factors and the
implementation of decentralisation policy in fisheries extension. Population of this study comprised
fisheries extension officers (FEOs) at the Rural Extension Centres (RECs) in Java, Indonesia. A multistage
random sampling method was used for selecting the subjects of the study. A total of 50 FEOs at 10
districts in three provinces were covered. Data were collected from January to March 1998 by using
interview and self-administered techniques. Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses were
applied.
Decentralisation policy in fisheries extension was not effectively implemented at the local level.
Effectiveness in programme planning, decision-making, resources utilisation, and provision of benefits
were not implemented as expected by the policy objectives. As beneficiaries of services, fishers received
little from the implementation of decentralised fisheries extension. The effectiveness of the policy
implementation was positively and significantly correlated to the bureaucratic support-related factors,
which comprised of support from district government bureaucracy and supervision as well as guidance
from related agencies