A Review on Indonesian Fishermen Prosperity in the Coastal Area

摘要

Fishermen poverty is multi-dimensional problems. Since the fishermen income always under regional minimum wage. Inversely with position of Indonesia that become the world third largest in fishing production. At the same time, Indonesian fisheries are under threat due to degradation of marine ecosystem and overfishing. Therefore, enhancing the massive production is not a solution to solve all problems. The main purpose of this paper is collecting the view of researchers related to the causes and solutions as poverty alleviation. The poverty alleviations can be started with improvement in fish catching and processing, transparent and environmental friendly, increasing fishermen's ability, and good management of assets.