Efforts to Address the Invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in the Ka’ana-Malakoni Waters of Enggano Island
One of the PkM activities carried out was an effort to deal with the invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in Ka’ana- Malakoni
Efforts to Address the Invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in the Ka’ana-Malakoni Waters of Enggano Island
One of the PkM activities carried out was an effort to deal with the invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in Ka’ana- Malakoni
Efforts to Address the Invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in the Ka’ana-Malakoni Waters of Enggano Island
One of the PkM activities carried out was an effort to deal with the invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in Ka’ana- Malakoni
Efforts to Address the Invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in the Ka’ana-Malakoni Waters of Enggano Island
One of the PkM activities carried out was an effort to deal with the invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in Ka’ana- Malakoni
Efforts to Address the Invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in the Ka’ana-Malakoni Waters of Enggano Island
One of the PkM activities carried out was an effort to deal with the invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in Ka’ana- Malakoni
Efforts to Address the Invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in the Ka’ana-Malakoni Waters of Enggano Island
MARINE SCIENCE UNIB | Following up on the collaboration between the IKL Study Program and the Ka’ana and Malakoni Village Governments, IKL lecturers carried out community service activities (PkM) in Ka’ana and Malakoni Villages, Enggano District. One of the PkM activities carried out was an effort to deal with the invasion of the Thorny Crown Starfish (Acanthaster) in Ka’ana- Malakoni. This PkM took place in April-November 2021 with the head of the Mukti service team Dono Wilopo, S.Pi., M.Si with members Maya Angraini FU, S.Pi., M.Si., and Nurlaila Ervina Herliany, S.Pi., M.Si. In addition, this activity involved IKL students as part of the Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka IKL Study Program, namely Prima Andika, Randy Pranata, and Redho Zulkarnain.
The background of this PkM activity is the emergence of the invasive animal Acanthaster in the Malakoni-Ka’ana Waters during a macrobenthos survey between the IKL study program research team and pokmaswas Malakoni Bahari Conservation in April 2021. The existence of the Acanthaster explosion was reported to the Malakoni and Ka’ana Village Chiefs who followed up with a plea to address the Acanthaster invasion of their waters. The influence of the Acanthaster population explosion can lead to a decrease in live coral cover due to the very high rate of Acanthaster’s predation of corals. This can affect reducing the number of biotas associated with coral reef ecosystems such as fish, shrimp, sea cucumbers, Kima, and others.
Socialization activities for Acanthaster handling efforts with the Malakoni Village Government (09/21)
The handling process uses a hook made specifically to take Acanthaster with Scuba, in shallower waters handling can be done by snorkeling
The stages of PkM activities in Ka-ana and Malakoni Villages are by socializing with village officials and communities, then conducting training for community groups (Pokmaswas and Kompak). At the final stage, efforts were made to clean Acanthaster by the method of retrieval using a hook into the waters. This method is taken considering the availability of Scuba facilities and human resources that have been certified for Scuba diving in Pokmaswas and Kompak Malakoni Village. The handling efforts were carried out at 8 cleaning points, namely sawing Pari, Kikuba, Baun, and Ubik waters in Ka’ana Village and Trans Malakoni, Humo, Gosong Kandang, and Manuhe waters in Malakoni Village. Cleaning activities at a depth of 1-5 meters are carried out by snorkeling while at a depth of 5-15 meters are carried out using Scuba. By conducting training on Pokmaswas and Kompak in Ka’ana and Malakoni Villages, it is hoped that they can make efforts to handle the Acanthaster invasion independently in the future.
(Public Relations of Marine Science study program)
