COASTAL COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: METHODS, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

This research generally using qualitative descriptive method with inductive
approach. This research aims to help the government of Parepare city in order to
improve the welfare society of coastal areas through several strategic steps
include the development of empowerment Fish Landing Base (PPI) with the
adequate support facilities; provision of social assistance in the form of capital
that is stimulus and the development of housing industry; construction of small
ports and a small dock for marine products mobilization; provision of training,
socialization and improvement of marine information systems to the fishermen;
provision of such assistance repressive fishing gear, life jackets and government
rice reserves; development and institutional strengthening of cooperatives; also
supporting of the implementation of the rules and regulations that support the
community in improving the well-being of coastal communities.
There are some problems in the process coastal community empowerment in
Parepare city are lack of awareness of the public to follow the procedures that
exist in the base of the fish; still lack electricity carrying capacity; instability
quantity of seaweed production and fluctuations in production
volumes; limitations of the ship and the limited means of fishing tools; low quality
of human resources fishermen; people still use traditional methods and improvise
in the marketing of creative marine industry; KUD-shifting function as an
auxiliary Fishermen fishing capital; and still have a few rules of regulations that
impede the implementation of coastal communities to thrive