Abstract:
The low level of welfare of fishermen also be caused by low productivity and income due
to fluctuations in the fishing season, the limited technological capabilities arrest when and
conservation of fish, fish limited absorptive capacity, network marketing that is considered
detrimental to fishing manufacturers, unequal sharing system, as well as less cooperative
organization functioning. The study also shows that the traditional fishermen and fishing workers
are social groups hardest hit his welfare. Formulation of the problem in this research is the first,
Why Setimbul bay fishing village still survives to become a fisherman, Second, How strategy
Setimbul Bay fishing village in trying to meet the needs of family life.
Society in which the authors examine research on fishing household strategies in
addressing the poverty that fishing communities are located in the village of Bay Setimbul,
Meral subdistrict, district Karimun, Riau Islands province. The author uses only partly from
subject informant that there is a population that is considered repersentatif against it then I'll just
take some research informants from the existing number of research subjects. The informant
retrieval Snow ball sampling method is to conduct interviews bergelinding starting from research
that the first informant to informant latter. Primary data were collected using observation and indepth
interviews. The method of analysis used in this paper the author focuses on qualitative
analysis.
Poverty problems that occurred in the village of fishing communities in the Gulf setimbul
not independent of the various factors that cause poverty. The causes of poverty in the form of
changes in catchment season, these factors have led to the uncertainty of the catch of the
fishermen, so that when the fishing season are not very distress fishermen to meet daily
consumption needs. Strategies to tackle family fishing village economy Setimbul Gulf who are
having difficulty in meeting the needs of family life by paying the loan on relatives or neighbors,
do a double living patterns, and doing side jobs to supplement the family income.
