The Ethnography of Female Fishermen in Paluh Merbau, Tanjung Rejo, Percut Sei Tuan District

The purpose of this study is to determine the
ethnography of the lives of female fishermen on the coast of
Paluh Merbau, Tanjung Rejo Village, Percut Sei Tuan
District. In general, it is done to find out the problems by
female fishermen in the utilization of marine resources and
the form of local wisdom in the use of marine resources on
the coast of Paluh Merbau. This study uses an ethnographic
method with the descriptive approach using data collection
techniques through in-depth interviews related to the life
history of fishermen and Forum Group Discussion (FGD).
Lecturers and students stayed at 10 female fishermen
houses. The results of the study showed that female
fishermen sailed from 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The equipment
and technology systems used are still traditional, namely
using two boards, a bucket, and a bottle of drinking water,
bubu, and flat shoes. These hunters of marine ecosystem
resources obtain catches in the form of shells, bare, king
crabs (belangkas), crab, and shrimps with an average income
of IDR 30.000-50.000/ day. The result of this income is
exchanged or bartered into kitchen materials such as sugar,
oil, rice, fish, and others. If sea water is high, generally
women plant rice in the fields, making skills in the form of
sticking cloth from mangrove processing, and other
economic activities to supply the needs of their life.