Life Strategy Continuation of Traditional Fishermen in Arungkeke Coastal Area

Abstract

The problem faced by fishermen community in Arungkeke Village is caused by the difficulty to develope their business, limited resource of capital, fuel increasing that is not in balance with their captive. Their selves adaptation strategy to stanch their lives finally enable them to get out from vulnerable lives. Data resource are family heads and their members. Informants are from related institutionals, village apparatus, local public figures, and social institution commited to fishermen lives. Data are gathered through interview, focused group discussion, and documnetary analysis. Data are analysed through interpretative-descriptive technique. It is found that living strategy to stanc their lives are business diversification, family money management enhancement, and local value application. Those strategies survive their lives. It is recommended that fishermen need to be educated in skill and expertisement on management strategy so that fisheries and rumput laut are marketable as other products. It needs always to be increased their motivation, spirit, and community support so that they always work independently form others. For local goverment, social, fishery and oceanery, non-government organization should have same commitement to help fishermen out form poverty, because support and policy consistency are needed to develop Arungkeke shore area, and will bring a good impact on fishermen welfare enhancement it that area.