STRATEGI BERTAHAN HIDUP KELUARGA NELAYAN SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI KELURAHAN BRONDONG KECAMATAN BRONDONG KABUPATEN LAMONGAN

FISHERMAN FAMILY SURVIVAL STRATEGY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BRONDONG SUB-DISTRICT BRONDONG DISTRICT LAMONGAN REGENCY

Sektor kelautan dan perikanan di Indonesia memiliki potensi yang sangat besar sehingga seharusnya dapat memberi kesejahteraan bagi masyarakat pesisir khususnya nelayan.. Pandemi Covid-19 berdampak terhadap perekonomian dunia termasuk Indonesia, terutama sektor perikanan dan nelayan. Pandemi Covid-19 terhadap nelayan  berdampak pada penurunan harga ikan, distribusi ikan hasil tangkapan terhambat, modal dan biaya operasional bertambah, berkurangnya jumlah nelayan dan penggangguran bagi nelayan untuk sementasa waktu karena aturan PSBB sehingga secara langsung pendapatan keluarga nelayan ikut menurun sebesar 50%. Dampak tersebut juga dirasakan oleh keluarga nelayan di Kelurahan Brondong Kecamatan Brondong kabupaten Lamongan sehingga dibutuhkan strategi bertahan hidup keluarga nelayan selama pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan strategi bertahan hidup keluarga nelayan keluarga nelayan di Kelurahan Brondong Kecamatan Brondong Kabupaten Lamongan selama pandemi covid-19.

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan studi kasus di Kelurahan Brondong. Subyek penelitian adalah keluarga nelayan di Kelurahan Brondong yang terdiri atas 1 informan kunci, yaitu ketua rukun nelayan, 8 nelayan sebagai informan utama dan 8 anggota keluarga nelayan sebagai informan pendukung. Penentuan informan menggunakan teknik snowball sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dan observasi tentang strategi bertahan hidup keluarga nelayan, sedangkan teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik analisis data model interaktif Miles dan Huberman.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan strategi bertahan hidup yang dilakukan keluarga nelayan selama pandemi Covid-19 adalah melibatkan peran anggota keluarga, intensifikasi pekerjaan, meminimalisir pengeluaran keluarga atau berhemat, Mencari pinjaman dengan memanfaatkan hubungan sosial dan menerima bantuan dari pemerintah.

          Kata Kunci: pandemi Covid-19, strategi bertahan hidup, keluarga nelayan

The marine and fisheries sector in Indonesia has enormous potential so it should be able to provide welfare for coastal communities, especially fisherman. The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the world economy, including Indonesia, especially the fisheries and fisherman sector. The Covid-19 pandemic on fisherman has an impact on decreasing fish prices, hampering the distribution of caught fish, increasing capital and operational costs, reducing the number of fisherman and being unemployed for a while because of the PSBB rules so that directly the income of fisherman's families also decreases by 50%. This impact was also felt by fisherman’s families in the Brondong Village, Brondong District, Lamongan Regency so that a survival strategy for fishing families was needed during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research aims to describe the survival strategies of fisherman's families in the Brondong Village, Brondong District, Lamongan Regency during the covid-19 pandemic.

This reasearch uses a descriptive qualitative method with a case study approach in Brondong Village. The subjects of the study were fishermen's families in Brondong Village which consisted of 1 key informant, namely the head of the fishermen's association, 8 fishermen as main informants and 8 fishermen's family members as supporting informants. Determination of informants using snowball sampling technique. Data was collected through interviews and observations of the survival strategy fishermen families, while the data analysis technique used is the technique of data analysis interactive model of Miles and Huberman.

The results of the research showed a survival strategy undertaken fishing families during a pandemic Covid-19 is involving the participation of family members , work intensification, minimize family expenses or save money, seek loans by taking advantage of social relationships and receive assistance from the government.

Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic, survival strategy, fisherman's family