Fish Traders of Tambaklorok

Abstract

This paper describes fish traders who live and work in Tambaklorok, north Semarang city coastal area. In accordance with the coastal environment, livelihood of many people of this area is fishing, carried out by fishermen, and accompanying activities such as selling fish, by female fish processors and/or fish traders. Based on the field data collection and reading the literature, this study aims to generate an analysis of livelihood profile of the fish traders in this community. This study employs field research method by conducting specific observation, interviews and in-depth interviews. This study finds some five fish traders as the actors of coastal environment livelihood, to be presented in this paper.