About Abdul Halim

Abdul Halim

Country Director

Work

Areas of expertise:

Small-scale fisheries and marine conservation co-management, Fisheries and Marine Protected Area policy development, Fishery certification (Marine Stewardship Council and USA Capture Fisheries Fair Trade), Coastal and marine projects management

Abdul Halim leads a team of professionals committed to halting marine biodiversity degradation and improving the management of small-scale fisheries in Indonesia. Halim has more than 20 years of experience in fisheries management, MPA policy development in Indonesia and the Coral Triangle region. He is called upon as a resource person in local and national level fisheries policy dialogues including recently on revisions to the Indonesian fisheries law and blue food security.

Background

Prior to joining EDF, Abdul Halim was an independent consultant with clients ranging from multilateral institutions, international companies and international and national Non-government Organizations (NGOs). Previously, he also chaired the marine program of an international NGO in Indonesia.

Abdul Halim received his doctorate degree in Small-Scale Fisheries Management from IPB University and Murdoch University, Australia, a Master's degree from the University of Rhode Island, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries from IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Publications

Loneragan, N.R., Wiryawan, B., Hordyk, A.R., Halim, A., Proctor, C., Satria, F., Yulianto, I., (Eds), 2021. Proceedings from Workshops on Management Strategy Evaluation of Data-Limited Fisheries: Towards Sustainability – Applying the Method Evaluation and Risk Assessment Tool to Seven Indonesian Fisheries. Murdoch University, Western Australia, and IPB University, Indonesia, 185 pp.

Prihatiningsih, Halim, A., Taurusman, A.A., Perdanahardja, G., Godjali, N., 2021. Fisheries management for the Humpback Red Snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) in the waters of southern Banten province, Indonesia. In: Loneragan, N.R., Wiryawan, B., Hordyk, A.R., Halim, A., Proctor, C., Satria, F., Yulianto, I. (Eds), Proceedings from Workshops on Management Strategy Evaluation of Data Limited Fisheries: Towards Sustainability – Applying the Method Evaluation and Risk Assessment Tool to Seven Indonesian Fisheries. Murdoch University, Western Australia and IPB University, Indonesia [ISBN 978-0-646-82951-7], pp. 151–168.

Halim, A., Loneragan, N.R., Wiryawan, B., Hordyk, A., Sondita, M.F.A., Yulianto, I. 2020. Evaluating data-limited fisheries for grouper (Serranidae) and snapper (Lutjanidae) in the Coral Triangle, eastern Indonesia. Regional Studies in Marine Science 38, 101388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101388

Halim, A., Wiryawan, B., Loneragan, N.R., Hordyk, A., Sonditaa, M.F.A., White, A.T., Koeshendrajana, S., Ruchimat, T., Pomeroy, R.S., Yuni, C. 2020. Merumuskan definisi perikanan skala-kecil untuk mendukung pengelolaan perikanan tangkap di Indonesia. Journal of Fisheries and Marine Research 4(2): 239-262

Halim, A., Loneragan, N.R., Wiryawan, B., Fujita, R., Hordyk, A., Sondita M.F.A. 2020. Transforming traditional fisheries management into contemporary territorial-based fisheries management rights for small-scale fisheries in Indonesia. Marine Policy 116 (2020) 103923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103923.

Halim, A., Wiryawan, B., Loneragan, N.R., Hordyk, A., Sonditaa, M.F.A., White, A.T., Koeshendrajana, S., Ruchimat, T., Pomeroy, R.S., Yuni, C. 2019. Developing a

functional definition of small-scale fisheries in support of marine capture fisheries management in Indonesia. Marine Policy 100: 238–248. Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.11.044.

Halim, A., Wiryawan, B., Loneragan, N.R., Sondita, M.F.A., Hordyk, A., Adhuri, D.S., Adi, T.R., Adrianto, L. 2017. Konsep hak pengelolaan perikanan sebagai alat pengelolaan perikanan berkelanjutan di Indonesia. Jurnal Kebijakan Perikanan Indonesia 9 (1): 11-20. Also available on-line at: http://ejournal-balitbang.kkp.go.id/index.php/jkpi/article/view/2936

Leisher, C., S. Mangubhai, S. Hess, H. Widodo, T. Soekirman, S Tjoe, S. Wawiyai, S. N. Larsen, L. Rumetna, A. Halim, M. Sanjayan. 2012. Measuring the benefits and costs of community education and outreach in marine protected areas. Marine Policy 36: 1005–1011.

Halim, A., R. Djohani, J. Subijanto. 2009. Environmental history and marine conservation of Indonesia’s Wakatobi National Park, In: Asia-Pacific Forum No.44, June 2009. Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Taipei, Taiwan.

Halim, A., T. Soekirman, W. Ramono. 2008. Involving Resource Users in the Regulation of Access to Resources for the Protection of Ecosystem Services Provided by Protected Areas in Indonesia. In Sodhi, N.S., et al (eds), Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas, Case Studies from the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge University Press.

Mous, P.J., Y. Sadovy, A. Halim, J. Pet. 2006. Capture for culture: artificial shelters for grouper collection in SE Asia. Fish and Fisheries 7: 58-72.

Mous, P.J., J. Pet, Z. Arifin, R. Djohani, M.V. Erdmann, A. Halim, M. Knight, L. Pet-Soede, & G. Wiadnya (2005). Policy needs to improve marine capture fisheries management and to define a role for marine protected areas in Indonesia. Fisheries Management and Ecology 12: 259-268.

Halim, A. 2003. A Prospect for Adoption of Grouper Mariculture in Indonesia. Marine Policy 27: 159-167.

Halim, A. (2002). Adoption of Cyanide Fishing Practice in Indonesia. Ocean and Coastal Management 45(4-5): 313-323.

Halim, A. 2001. Grouper Culture: An Option for Grouper Management in Indonesia. Coastal Management 29 (4): 319-326

Halim, A. 2020. A benchmark assessment and recommendations to strengthen the governance of the National Commission on Fish Stock Assessment (Komisi Nasional Pengkajian Sumber Daya Ikan) of the Republic of Indonesia. Report prepared for Tetra Tech’s Supplemental Technical Assistance to the USAID SEA Project and Walton Family Foundation. 74 pp.

Ghofar, A., D.K. Schorr, A. Halim. 2008. Selected Indonesian fisheries subsidies: quantitative and qualitative assessment of policy coherence and effectiveness. The Nature Conservancy, Sanur, Bali Indonesia 79 pp.

McQuistan, C. I., Z. Fahmi, C. Leisher, A. Halim, & S.W. Adi. 2006. Protected Area Funding in Indonesia; A study implemented under the Programmes of Work on Protected Areas of the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity. 30 pp.