Empowering A-B-G-C to Promote Simping Clam (Amusium pleuronectes) as one of the way out line to raise the welfare of Fishers and Regional Income in Northern-Coast of Central Java-INDONESIA: with Speci

摘要

Simping clam are found spreadly in the nourthern coast of Java sea. Its taste is sweet and delicious. People in the coast served in boiled or fried with mixed vegetable for their dish. In fact, simping clam is considered as the pretigeous menu in international hotel and restaurant. At the sametime, the shell mightbe used for decorative accesories and material for tile, etc. This clam live in wild and the production will reach a peak season in a couples of months only (December to March) for every year. Brebes lies in the north-west of Central Java sea is considered as one of the centra production of simping clam.The chain of existing production-consumption-marketing are mostly managed conventionally. The averaged production is about 2 tonn per day with price approx. Per kg of Rp.6,000 to Rp.7,000 (include shell) but when shell-less the price is about Rp.40,000 per kg. The potential demand and value added of simping clam is very prospective to raise the fishers' and regional income. This study is a collaborative action-research where involve the competence stakeholders, i.e. academician (A), business (B), government (G) and community (C). The concept of co-management approach [(Pomeroy and William, 1994) and Susilowati (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007)]; combined with the findings of fishers empowerment studies (Susilowati et al., 2004 and 2005) will used to outline the strategy in promoting simping clam as the fisheries product of Brebes as one of the way-out line to raise the regional income and fishers' welfare.