Belawan Harbour Environmental Monitoring Supports Welfare of Fisherman

Abstract

Belawan Harbour is located in Medan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The interaction between Belawan Harbour and the local community sometimes creates a controversy that can still be tolerated. The controversy is usually caused by the effect of activities in Belawan Harbour on the environment, which can be seen from social, economic and cultural aspects. Harbour Management did an observation of that component to recognize the rate of achievement of environment management which is carried out routinely every semester of year. The observation was done by conducting interviews using questionnaires to 70 participants. The research parameter is the advantages and disadvantages that local communities have. Participant determination was done by purposive sampling, by the distribution of 21.4% government apparatus, 7.14% public figures and 71.42% local communities. Based on the advantage aspect; the most dominant statement was; the economic improvement for the local area is 51.42% and working chances of improvement is 41.42%, meanwhile from the disadvantage aspect, the participants mostly stated that there was air pollution (50%) and noise pollution is 14.28%. %. In conclusion, the environment management done by PT Pelindo Regional 1 towards the Belawan Harbour operation is quite good, indicated by the high percentage of advantages in Belawan Harbour.