EMPOWERMENT OF THE FISHERMAN COMMUNITY FOR PROCESSING OF TUNA FISHING PRODUCTS IN THE CITY OF KUPANG: A STUDY OF TUNA AL IJTIHAD FISH PROCESSING AND MARKETING GROUP (KPPI) IN PENKASE OELETA VILLAGE OF ALAK DISTRICT

Abstract

The community empowerment program in processing tuna fishery products is the government's effort to encourage fishermen to process non-economic potential fish into high economic power. This research is more directed at raising issues regarding the form of community empowerment of fishermen in processing fishery products in Kupang City with the research object of the Al Ijtihad Tuna Processing and Marketing Group in Penkase Oeleta Village. The aim of the study was to identify and describe the form of Empowerment of Home Industry in Processing and Marketing of Fishery Products. As well as the obstacles experienced by the Al Ijtihad Processing and Marketing Group (KPPI) in the production process, capital process and marketing process in the Penkase Oeleta Village, Kupang City.

Keywords

• empowerment
• fishermen
• processing
• fisheries