Fishermen Poverty and Survival Strategy: Research on Poor Households in Bone Indonesia

This study would explore the survival strategy for poor fishing families in coastal areas of Bone Regency, Indonesia. The research findings shows that survival strategy are diversification, which is conducted by various types of businesses, involve the whole family, two meals and diversify the type of food are eaten, as well as a sense of solidarity and trust among neighbours is high enough. They can borrow money and rice when their fellow neighbours in need, this is based on a sense of awareness and a high kinship to sustain life. The strengthening of society civil based on a poor fishing communities The central point of coastal development to improve the status and living conditions of fishermen. This condition is exacerbated by the culture to be wasteful when get caught excess, apathetic to environmental conditions and pessimistic or surrender to the developments taking place in the society due to lack of knowledge and level of education they have. Finally, this study concludes that fishermen has many strategies in enhanching their life through delivering poverty.