Fishermen's Perception of the Benefits of Using ICT in Relationship with Fishermen's Income and Stakeholder Role Strategies : A Case Study in Pati, Central Java

Ika Suciati,Indah Susilowati

doi:10.24856/mem.v27i01.2646

Abstract

<p>The potential of fisheries resources is still massive as well as the challenges. One of the challenges faced in the fisheries sector is climate change occurring massively. Climate change that occurs disrupts the productivity and activities of fishermen. Fishermen live with uncertainty because their livelihoods are directly related to nature. So that fishermen are required to be able to adapt and mitigate to climate change that is occurring rapidly. Information innovation and communication are widely developed to help fishermen in sea activities. The technology created is available in various forms, such as android-based applications, SMS broadcasts, Whatsapp groups, GPS, Fishfinder, etc. The objective of this study is to identify fishermen's perception of the benefits of technology and service communication used, ICT relationship with fishermen's income, and stakeholder role strategies in the use of ICT. The mix-method approach is used to acknowledge study objectives using the software SPSS 23 and Atlas. Ti 8. The result shows that fishermen's perception of the benefits of ICT namely facilitating communication, reducing production costs, improving safety, increasing fishermen's knowledge, and increasing income. There is a relationship between the use of ICT and fishermen's income, as well as stakeholders who have an important role in the use of ICT in the fishing community.</p>

Highlights

Global climate change is an issue that is giving the attention of the world community
Climate change has an impact on fishing activities conducted by fishermen, the presence of tidal waves, erratic wind direction, rainfall, and the unpredictable rainy season will have an impact on fishing activities by fishermen, changes in income received by fishermen, and their wellbeing
There is a relationship between the use of technology and information with fishermen's income, for example, if fishermen use global positioning system (GPS) it will shorten the time to find potential fish areas so that the fishing activity takes longer and increases the amount of fish and the income will increase

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Introduction

Global climate change is an issue that is giving the attention of the world community. This is especially the impact on human life (Perdana, 2015). Fishermen in determining the decision to go to sea require information about fishing areas, weather information, fish price information, marine dynamics information, and electronics logbook fishing. This information is necessary required by fishermen before going to sea. During this time, generally traditional fishermen get information based on their own experience, the others get information from various sources, such as radio, boat owners, fishing ports, or information from other fishermen. The lack of information that fishermen have about the information required in fishing activities becomes one of the causes of bargaining position fishermen become weak. (Tyas, 2016)

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