THE IMPACT OF MARINE AUTHORITY POLICY IN THE ECONOMIC SECTOR IN WEST JAVA INDONESIA

Abstract

The research on the Implementation of the Authority of Province in the Sea (Study at the Department of Marine and Fisheries West Java Provincial Government) was motivated by the enactment of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning the Regional Government. Which implied that the authorities in managing the sea, in the span of 0-12 miles, previously held by regencies/cities is now hold by the provincial authority. This resulted in services to the community to be less effective, due to the length/far distance of the span of control of the Provincial Government of West Java, Indonesia. limited human resources and budget in exercising provincial authority at sea of West Java Province, Indonesia. This research used the analysis of Rondinelli and Cheema (1983), consisting of environmental conditions which in it is how the authority at sea impacted the community, especially in the economic sector. This study used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach