Conservation Efforts for Sustainable Razor Clam (<i>Solen sp.</i>) Resources after Enacting the Job Creation Law

Abstract Pamekasan is one of the regions producing razor clam resources in Indonesia, but the population growth rate is lower than other regions. Local community is responsible for keeping sustainable fish resources. Local government need to make various efforts to conserve razor clam resources. However, since the Job Creation Law has enacted, central government determines norms, standards, procedures, and criteria for fisheries businesses, including razor clams, the local government shall hold them. This study aims to examine razor clam conservation efforts in Pamekasan in regulatory mechanism. The research constitutes normative legal research on the principles, norms, and legal system in Indonesia. Results of the study indicate that efforts to look after, preserve and make use of razor clam resources ecosystems, species and genetics can be realized by regulating them in a local regulation and proposing coastal areas producing razor clams to be designated as a regional fishery conservation area.