Dampak Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami Besar Jepang Timur 2011 Terhadap Tenaga Kerja Perikanan di Kota Minamisanriku

Abstract

This study aims to explain the impact of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on the fisheries workforce, and explain how efforts to rebuild sustainable aquaculture in Minamisanriku City after the tsunami. The author uses the Push-pull migration theory by Everett S. Lee and a sociological approach to analyze the interaction and cooperation of fishermen and institutions involved in the sustainability of rebuilding aquaculture after the 2011 tsunami. The research method used is a descriptive research method. This study found that the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami had a significant impact on the fisheries workforce in Minamisanriku City. The dominant livelihood of the people of Minamisanriku City is as fishermen/aquaculture. After the tsunami, the productive age fisheries workforce and the next generation continued to decline. This is because when the tsunami occurred, many people in coastalareas of Minamisanriku City died and after the tsunami, many people migrated out of the city for various reasons. In addition, cooperation between fishermen, the government and other institutions is also carried out as an effort to rebuild sustainable aquaculture.