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Original Research

SMALL-SCALE MARINE FISHERMEN LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY TO SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS: CASE STUDY AT COASTAL OF BATANG, INDONESIA

HIMAWAN ARIF SUTANTO 1, INDAH SUSILOWATI 2, DEDEN DINAR ISKANDAR 3, and MUNASIK 4.

Vol 17, No 12 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7409151   |   Author Affiliation: Doctoral Program in Economics, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia 1; Department of Economics, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia 2,3; Department of Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia 4.   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 01–17   |   To cite: HIMAWAN ARIF SUTANTO, et al., (2022). SMALL-SCALE MARINE FISHERMEN LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY TO SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS: CASE STUDY AT COASTAL OF BATANG, INDONESIA. 17(12), 01–17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7409151   |   Published on: 01-12-2022

Abstract

Socio-ecological changes in coastal areas impact the livelihoods of small-scale fishers. This study aims to determine the livelihood vulnerability of small-scale fishers due to socio-ecological changes. This study uses a quantitative approach with the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) to measure small-scale fishers' livelihood vulnerability levels. This study used 184 small-scale fishers as samples with purposive sampling. The analysis results show that the highest level of livelihood vulnerability occurs in Roban Barat Fishermen, with an index value of 0.540. The LVI's main components show that the most vulnerable is dependence on the fishery sector in all research areas. Meanwhile, judging from the research area on small-scale fishers in Roban Barat, the highest contributing factor is Sensitivity, with an index value of 0.5778. Meanwhile, in other locations, the element that contributes the most to vulnerability is Adaptive Capacity. On the other hand, to reduce the exposure of small-scale fishers, the government can improve resources in coastal areas.

Keywords

Socio-ecological change, Vulnerability, Marine Fishermen, Livelihood