Semarang (12/10) – Today, society faces global challenges in the form of uncontrolled climate change. The role of humans is closely related to climate change. In the geological period known as the Anthropocene, humans became the main driver of natural changes, including climate change. This climate change also severely impacts coastal and marine life, including fishermen. One coastal community experiencing climate change impacts is the fishing community in Tambak Lorok Village, Tanjung Mas Village, North Semarang District, Semarang City.
Five Undip Social Anthropology students consisting of Maulana Fadullah (2022), Dian Komalasari (2020), Alya Fadilla (2020), Marsyanda Savira Amaradani (2021), and Larissa Dian Imanta (2020) with supervisor Arido Laksono, S.S., M.Hum. researched to examine how Tambak Lorok fishermen survive and strive to fulfill their needs during climate change. This research is motivated by a coastal phenomenon in Semarang City that continues to experience land subsidence of 9-10 cm per year. Tambak Lorok fishermen, as traditional fishermen, often receive intervention from the Anthropocene era through fishing gear modification by fellow fishermen.
The results indicate that in the face of various changes arising in the Anthropocene period, Tambak Lorok fishermen must develop resilience strategies to maintain the continuity of their livelihood system. There are three main categories of resilience strategies implemented by Tambak Lorok fishermen to ensure the sustainability of their livelihood system, namely: (1) continuing to carry out the profession as a capture fisherman by improving modifications to fishing gear or adopting new fishing gear and techniques influenced by external factors; (2) switching to a profession as a fisherman cultivating FADs or green mussels; (3) switching professions outside the marine and fisheries sector,
Author: Larissa Dian Imanta
Editor: Vania P. Hanjani, M.Si.