ANALISIS TINGKAT KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT NELAYAN DI DESA ALUE AMBANG KECAMATAN TEUNOM KABUPATEN ACEH JAYA

Fishery resources are the main source of income for fishermen and abundant natural wealth in the marine resources sector commonly have a positive impact on coastal communities. Fishery resources actually have the potential to be utilized to improve the standard of living and welfare of fishermen, but in reality there are still many fishermen who are in poor economic conditions and have low income thus being synonymous with poverty. This research was conducted to determine the level of welfare of fishermen in Alue Ambang Village Teunom District Aceh Jaya Regency. With 30 fishermen respondent taken through simple random sampling. The result showed that with 8 indicators of welfare adopted from BPS, 63.3% of the fishermen in Alue Ambang Village Teunom District Aceh Jaya Regency are categorized as having a moderate level of welfare