Strategi Bertahan Hidup Nelayan Tradisional di Kampung Nelayan Seberang Kelurahan Belawan I Kecamatan Medan Belawan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the survival strategies of traditional fishermen in meeting their daily needs. This study is a Simple Random Sampling with livelihood as a fisherman population of 565 people from the data of the head of the Seberang Fishermen neighborhood, with data collection techniques using observation, interviews, questionnaires, taking samples from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), research journals and literature study. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative, which illustrates the activities fishing communities and the survival strategies they use daily in meeting the needs of the traditional fishermen's life needs of the Seberang Fishermen Village, Belawan I Village, Medan Belawan District. The results of this study indicate that their low income levels are due to technological limitations, low education and lack of capital and very simple fishing gear. The strategies carried out by traditional fishing households are, such as active, passive/reducing strategies and network strategies. Active, that is, adding side jobs, passive/reducing, that is, reducing expenses when the fish season is not available and saving money when the season is difficult to work, and the network strategy is borrowing from relatives by traditional fishermen to meet their household needs.