Existing policies and regulations do not currently function
in the lagoon fisheries management. Regulations show very
much relevance to centralization rather than empower the
local fisheries communities to establish, manage, and
control local resources. Because the community are not
satisfied with the existing management style, they are
reluctant to study and learn anything in the guidelines and
other regulations. General education of the local people is
sufficient to apply an appropriate law and regulation.
Results show their abilities to identifying illegal fishing
gears, they have strong purposes to engage, plan, and
implementing any appropriate rules and regulations. It is an
evident that community fisheries have strong willingness to
establish new extractive reserve in the applicable way that
will benefit them better than existing guidelines and
regulations. The community desire to have common
property regime to replace current open-access regime