Socio-Economic Status of Fishermen's Household in West Sumatra Province

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10.2991/piceeba2-18.2019.128How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Socio Economic Status, Fishermen.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the socio economic status of fishermen in West Sumatra Province. To analyze the socioeconomic status of fishermen households is used the data of the agricultural census survey "Fishing Survey of Household Businesses" from Bureau center of statistics in West Sumatra. By using descriptive analysis techniques the results of the study show that (1) most of the fishermen in West Sumatera used outboard motor boats and with a dominant operating period of only 1 day. From the production techniques used by the fisherman, it is more traditional and small-scale with an average crew of less than 5 people who use motorboats, outboard motorboats and motorized boats. And also the fishermen are more dominant in using their own capital for fishing because of the difficulty to access capital in the banks. Furthermore, from the production side, West Sumatra's marine fishery production is sold directly to the market and only few fishermen sell processed fish of the fish they catch. Whereas, in terms of age, most of the fishermen are in the age of 30 - 49 years old who graduated from elementary school. 2). Sea capture fisheries business in West Sumatra is profitable with a value of R / C ratio above 1 whether using motorboats, outboard motorboats and motorized boats to catch fish.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Melti Roza Adry
AU  - Dewi Zaini Putri
PY  - 2019/04
DA  - 2019/04
TI  - Socio-Economic Status of Fishermen's Household in West Sumatra Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Padang International Conference on Education, Economics, Business and Accounting (PICEEBA-2 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1022
EP  - 1033
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/piceeba2-18.2019.128
DO  - 10.2991/piceeba2-18.2019.128
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