Poverty of Small-Scale Fishermen in Indonesia: Towards Achieving Golden Indonesia 2045.

Abstract

This study aims to describe and analyze the poverty profile of small fishermen in coastal areas of Indonesia in achieving Golden Indonesia in 2045. The phenomena of poverty, backwardness, weak human resources, limited access to the economy, especially business capital credit, and education levels are the subjects of this study. The analytical descriptive approach is used as a research model. Data is obtained from competent institutions and is related to the topic of discussion. Data analysis was conducted qualitatively. The results of the study showed that the number of poor people is around 25.22 million or 9\% of the total population. It is a major program that must be completed to realize a developed Indonesia. Economic empowerment of coastal areas is carried out to reduce the number of small-scale fishermen in poverty. Various government policies for small fishermen have been implemented even though they are not yet optimal in terms of implementation and targeted results. The population of fishermen is increasing while the number of households working as fishermen is decreasing. The use of fishing gear that is prohibited by the government because it is not environmentally friendly has begun to decrease and is even no longer used by fishermen. It is recommended that the evaluation of the socio-economic empowerment program for small fishermen be evaluated for its effectiveness in significantly reducing the poverty rate of fishermen.