The Use of Floating Nets as Local Wisdom of the Fishermen Community (Case Study in PasirPutih Village, Lembo District, North Konawe District)
Nur Rahmah, Hartina Batoa, Muhammad Aswar Limi, Laode Alwi, Awaluddin Hamzah , Muh. Ridwan

Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Halu Oleo University

Abstract

Local wisdom grows from the results of interactions between people and their environment to become a culture that characterizes a social group in an area. Local wisdom is an adaptation strategy that emerges from within the community itself in fixing and overcoming social problems relating to the life and life of a community (Lucky Zamzami1, 2016). This study aimed to find and describe the local wisdom of the fishing community and its effects on fisheries businesses that use lift net technology. This study uses a positivistic paradigm in which the main informants are selected purposively. The informants were considered capable of providing the necessary information regarding the fishermen in the community of Pasir Putih Village, Lembo Konawe Utara District. Research results are as follows(1) fishing activities using lift net technology have become the norm in the era of new habits, and are related to customs, beliefs, knowledge, myths, prohibitions, and technology used, (2) the benefits obtained are resource sustainability sea, the growth of togetherness and mutual assistance systems, maintenance of marine ecosystems and environmentally friendly systems.

Keywords: local wisdom, community, fishermen, floating charts

Topic: Social Science