This research aimed to describe the characteristic of fishing activities in Malabro Keywords: Fishing gears, Patron-Client PENDAHULUANPantai adalah wilayah di tepi perairan yang dipengaruhi oleh air pasang tertinggi dan air surut terendah. Sedangkan wilayah pesisir adalah wilayah darat di tepi laut yang masih mendapat pangaruh laut seperti pasang surut, angin laut dan perembesan air laut. Dan penduduk yang mendiami wilayah pesisir pada umumnya adalah mereka yang memiliki mata pencaharian sebagai nelayan. Berkaitan dengan wilayah pesisir di atas, Provinsi Bengkulu merupakan provinsi yang memiliki daerah pesisir yang berbatasan langsung dengan Samudera Indonesia dengan garis pantai sepanjang lebih kurang 525 kilometer (BPS, 2010). Salah satu wilayah pesisir di Provinsi Bengkulu adalah Kota Bengkulu yang sekaligus sebagai ibu kota provinsi. Kota Bengkulu sebagai

Economic diversity has often been promoted as a means to achieve the economic goal of stability.  Many empirical studies have also concluded that greater diversification in economic can reduce vulnerability and engendering  financial development. The objective of this paper is to analyze the degree of economic diversification at village level. This research was conducted at twenty villages located around Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) and determined purposively and surveyed.  Twenty households from each selected village were selected using systematic random sampling method, so the total respondents were 400 households. Economic diversity at the village level was estimated using EDI suggested by Dewi, et al (2005).Research found that EDI value for each village studied varies from 0.20 to 1.00 with no village reaches 1.099, which is an ideal condition. The lowest EDI, i.e. 0.20,  occurs in the village of Karang Dapo Atas and Karang Dapo Bawah, subdistrict of Bingin Kuning and the village of Ujung Tanjung II Subdistrict Embong Uram Karang. This value indicates that households in the village surveyed simply rely on one type of work, especially in the agricultural sector. This also means that not many households get into other employment sectors such as mining and or services/stalls/stores. By simply relying on agriculture as its main source of income, households tend to be vulnerable if there is a change in the agricultural sector, especially in sectors such as coffee and rubber plantations.   Keywords: Economic Diversity, Kerinci Seblat National Park,

The main objective of this study is to determine the income and financial risks of PENDAHULUANPerubahan mendasar terhadap sektor perikanan dibuktikan dengan adanya "Revolusi Biru" yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Republik Indonesia pada tahun 2009. Strategi yang dicanangkan adalah perkuatan kelembagaan dan SDM secara terintegrasi, pengelolaan sumber daya kelautan dan perikanan secara berkelanjutan, peningkatan produktivitas dan daya saing berbasis pengetahuan, serta perluasan akses pasar domestik dan internasional.Salah satu realisasi dari program revolusi biru adalah program pengembangan Minapolitan, yang merupakan konsep pembangunan berbasis pengelolaan ekonomi kawasan dengan motor penggerak dari sektor kelautan dan perikanan. Sistem ini didasarkan pada prinsip integrasi, efisiensi, kualitas, dan akselerasi tinggi. Salah satu tujuannya adalah merevitalisasi sentra

This research aimed to explore the household adaptation of Sekunyit fishermen to the fisheries modernasation in terms of livelihood strategies as a strategy for survival. This research was conducted in the Sekunyit Village, South Kaur District, Kaur regency by using case studies of two traditional fishermen households and two modern fishermen households. It is found that livelihood strategies both of the traditional and modern fishermen includes a multiple sources income, the involvement of family members, and applying their social networks and out-migration as coping strategy. The livelihood strategies conducted in the context of three vulnerability namely the vulnerability of ecology, price system, and single fishery resource were run. Keywords: livelihood strategy, fishermen community

Estate small landholders of palm oil were developed by converting wetland area. This research was aimed to study conversion of wetland area into palm oil estate, to study palm oil estate profile of farmers, and to formulate the structure of estate production. This research used survey method combining with indepth interviews. Sixty respondents were selected using simple random sampling method and data were analysed using an analytical description. The finding of this research showed that land conversion occurs due to decreasing village economic under wetland agricultural system. Palm oil estate farmers profile differs between two villages, namely Pasar Seluma (Serawai ethnic) and Rawasari (Java ethnic) in terms of land ownership, productivity, and labour relation. Finally, the production structure were also significantly difference with wetland agricultural system in which the estate agricltural system close to the structure of oil palm industry. Key word: land conversion, palm oil estate, structure of production PENDAHULUAN Penurunan luas sawah terjadi di berbagai tempat di Indonesia akibat konversi sawah menjadi areal non pertanian. Apabila di sentra-sentra produksi padi di pulau Jawa, konversi sawah didominasi oleh peralihan menjadi permukiman, industri manufaktur, dan fasilitas perkotaan (Kustiwan 1997, Ashari 2003), maka di Bengkulu ada indikasi penurunan luasan lahan produksi padi umumnya menjadi lahan pertanian bukan sawah. Menurut Sensus Pertanian 2003, 148.697,5 ha lahan sawah yang mengalami konversi menjadi lahan pertanian bukan sawah selama tiga tahun terakhir di Propinsi Bengkulu mencapai 4.266,2 ha (BPS 2004). Terdapat indikasi konversi sawah tersebut berkaitan dengan pengembangan subsektor perkebunan di Propinsi Bengkulu sejak akhir 1980-an. Data Dirjen Perkebunan pada tahun 2000 menunjukkan luas areal perkebunan kelapa sawit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) di Propinsi Bengkulu adalah 64.613 ha (Dirjen Perkebunan 2001). Tampaknya keberadaan perusahaan perkebunan di