CONTRIBUTION OF FISHERMEN'S WIFE ON FISHERY PRODUCT PROCESSING TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN LUBUK PUDING SUB-DISTRICT, BURU DISTRICT, KARIMUN REGENCY, RIAU ISLANDS

Abstract

This research was carried out in February 2020 in Lubuk Puding Village, Buru District, Karimun
Regency, Riau Islands Province. The purpose of this study was to determine the activities of fishermen's
wives, to describe the use of time, and to find out the contribution of fishermen's wives in helping to
improve the economy of fishermen's households to reduce the burden of family dependents in Lubuk
Puding Village, Buru District, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province. The method used is a survey
method by selecting respondents through a census, namely fishing households have a working wife. The
number of respondents as many as 25 people.
The results of this study indicate that the fisherman's wife's activities include activities that are not carried
out, namely processing salted fish, processing fish crackers, processing shrimp crackers, processing
shrimp paste, processing dried shrimp and processing atomic crackers. The average working time for
Undomestic activities is 16.04 hours/week. The contribution of fishermen's wives to the household income
of fishermen who own nets is in the low category, which is 21.23%. The contribution of net fishermen's
wives is in the medium category, which is 40.25%. The contribution of fishermen's wives who own traps
is in the very low category, namely 18.81%. The contribution of the fishermen's wife of bubu fishermen is
in the low category, which is 21.51%.