Analysis of Factors Affecting Fishermen's Income in South Tanimbar District (Lauran Village), Tanimbar Islands Regency

Abstract

The fishing community is a group of people who live from marine products as a livelihood and live in villages or coastal areas. A fishing business that carries out fishing activities will ultimately aim to obtain as much business income as possible so as to increase family income. Marine resources can potentially improve the standard of living of the community, but in reality there are still many fishermen who are in poor economic conditions caused by factors that influence the decline in the number of catches. This study aims to determine the effect of work experience capital, distance traveled at sea, and selling prices on fishermen's income in South Tanimbar District (Lauran Village), Tanimbar Islands Regency. Sampling in this study used a random sampling technique with a total of 50 respondents determined using the Slovin formula. The data analysis methods used were Validity Test, Reliability Test, Multiple Linear Regression Test, and Hypothesis Test (Determination Test, t-Test, and F-Test). To simplify the data analysis process, this study was assisted by the SPSS version 26 program. The results of this study indicate that the contribution of work experience capital, distance traveled at sea, and selling prices to fishermen's income is 24 percent. While the remaining 76 percent is influenced by other variables outside this study. The results of the partial and simultaneous regression coefficient test of the variables of work experience capital, distance traveled at sea, and selling prices do not have a significant effect on fishermen's income in South Tanimbar District (Lauran Village), Tanimbar Islands Regency.