LESSON #3
PORT MANAGEMENT
By
WALUYO, S.Pi, M.Si
MARINE SCIENCE DEPARTMENET
MARINE AND FISHERIES OF POLYTCHNIC KARAWANG
2019
OUTLINE
1. Port management structures 4. Fish quality assurance
Size and composition 5. Business plan
Artisanal landing 6. Best management practices
Coastal fisheries port Port operations
Offshore fisheries port Boatyard operations
Distant fisheries port Prevention of pollution
2. Management body
Harbour master
Administrative officer
Maintenance officer
Fisheries statistics officer
Hygiene officer
3. Stakeholder participation
Fish quality assurance
Business plan
Best management practices
Port operations
Boatyard operations
Prevention of pollution
In order for the port management body to perform its duties
effectively, it must:
Be commensurate with the size of the facility and the
responsibilities expected of it (one person could be enough
for a small beach landing but a group of persons would be
necessary inside a harbour with a large fleet of canoes,
plank boats and other types of vessels);
Be adequately funded to function as intended (landing fees
and handling charges should reflect current maintenance
and running costs);
Represent the whole spectrum of users of the facility (if the
facility doubles as a passenger landing, then the interests of
the passengers must also be taken into account);
Allow for consultation between the various users (if one of a
multitude of user subjects the landing or port to abnormal
stresses, then this should be reflected in the maintenance
charges).
1.1. Size and composition
Because of the diversity of situations and circumstances in which
fishermen operate, it is extremely difficult to present ready-made
solutions for the size and composition of a port management body.
However, there are four major areas where management input is
required:
The day-to-day management of operations (unloading, sorting,
icing and onward movement plus any other activity that the
landing may be used for) and general maintenance;
Financial administration of the facility (fees for services rendered,
licensing, sale of water and fuel, etc.);
Landing statistics; and
administration of hygiene standards throughout the facility.
It follows that a typical port management body is
generally composed of a minimum of four persons:
1. a harbour master,
2. an accounting officer or bookkeeper,
3. A fishery statistics officer and
4. a hygiene/pollution controller.
A fifth person may assist the harbour master with
maintenance issues when the need arises.
At the extreme lower end of the scale, when
the landing is an artisanal beach landing, the
harbour master may do all the work himself on
a full-time basis and only hires workers or
local village hands for specific jobs, such as
repair work, cleaners, etc.,
1.2. Artisanal landing
At the village level, the management body could
consist of the community fishery centre (CFC) or a
similar organization of fisherfolk. Although the
facilities and services within a small village landing
may be quite modest, there is still need for an
organized form of management (Figure 1).
1.3. Coastal fisheries port
A coastal fisheries port, with its myriad of fishing
vessel types, which may range from simple paddle
canoes all the way up to 12 meter trawlers and
shrimpers, is the first type of port that requires a
proper full-time management body installed in
proper office space in the fishing port.
The minimum of five persons is required for the
proper functioning of the port but generally a few
extra staff members are always required,
especially during peak landings (Figure 2).
1.4. Offshore fisheries port
The landside facilities of an offshore fisheries port
are considerably larger and more complex than
those of a coastal fisheries facility. This type of port
is normally within an urban environment and may
also be used for:
exporting fish and fishery products directly to
foreign destinations;
basing coast guard assets; and
ferry operations to neighbouring ports or
countries.
1.5. Distant fisheries port
The landside facilities of a distant fisheries port comprise
mainly of fish processing or forwarding operations and all the
products landed at the port are either already frozen or
already processed and packaged aboard factory vessels.
Distant fisheries ports almost invariably sit in an urban
environment due to the requirement of factory workers to run
the processing operations.
Ownership and management of distant fisheries ports are
similar to offshore fishing ports except for the fact that only
large vessels are handled in the fisheries area, such as large
trawlers, factory trawlers and mother ships and vessels
engaged in the transshipment of fish and fisheries products.
