Besaran Kerugian Nelayan Dalam Pemasaran Hasil Tangkapan : Kasus Pelabuhan Perikanan Nusantara Palabuhanratu

Abstract

The Fisherman livelihoods at sea are filled with uncertainty and the catch marketing system is not optimum so that fisherman has difficulty in the capital. In this condition, the fisherman to seek capital through the process quickly and with no collateral even if in the end did'n realize that fisherman has actually entangled and lost money. The financiers in general is often called middlemen/pengijon that certain conditions have created a monopoly system because they operate from the provision of capital, the factors of production to determine the marketing of fish. The research objective was to determine how far the dependence of fishermen in obtaining capital and how much is the actual loss occurred. This study uses the case of the dependence of fisherman on middlemen in PPN Palabuhanratu by quantitative descriptive analysis. The research has gotten the results that the majority (90%) of fisherman PPN Palabuhanratu use middlemen to obtain fishing capital. This is because the lending process easier, without collateral, but most of the catch must be sold to the middleman without passing auction. Based on formulated results, the fishermen lose between 2000.00 to 5000.00 IDR/kg if their catch is sold to middlemen. Losses are also caused by the price of diesel at the middleman or the retailer is different IDR 1000.00/liter compared with it price in the pump. This loss is especially for fishing line and gillnet fisherman. The role of fishing ports would need to be optimized in efforts the fishing supplies provision and the implementation of the fish auction system as a whole in order to the small fisherman has the bargaining power in auction system and get the cash money from the catch sale.Key words: loss, the fisherman, fishing ports, PPN Palabuhanrat