The Effect of Environmentally Unfriendly Fishing Gear on The Welfare of Fisher in Morodemak Village, Demak Regency

Abstract

This study aims to see the effect of the use of fishing gear that is not environmentally friendly on the welfare level of fisher in Morodemak Village, Demak Regency. The method used in this study is a snowballing technique for sample collection through interviews so that 50 respondents are obtained, then the analysis method used is cross-tabulation and descriptive statistics. The results of this study found that the majority of Morodemak fisher use environmentally unfriendly fishing gear such as sodo, large trawls, especially small trawls. The use of environmentally unfriendly fishing gear by the majority of fisher certainly damages the marine ecosystem, but the fishing gear is still considered effective for obtaining abundant catches that affect the welfare of fisher.