FISHERMEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH COASTAL DISTRICT OF WEST SUMATRA INDONESIA

In order to improve the national economic competitiveness, we have to accelerate the development process of regional economy with the objective to push it to become the engine of national economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to empower the human resources and to create the high benefit of local economic resources; these two factors must be enhanced its values simultaneously. This research aims to study the problems of fishermen communities, to analyze the potentialities of marine fisheries in the district south coast of West Sumatra Province, and then to formulate economic development management system based on the production of fishing sea in the South Coastal District of "Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan" or "Kab. Pesisir Selatan". The Study uses descriptive analysis method and participatory planning approach. The results of study showed that the local government has to make the innovative policies in form of structural and institutional transformation. The Institutional transformation consists of four strategic programs: (1) to establish and build Coastal Areas of Kab. Pesisir Selatan as a Fishermen's Special Strategic Zone (FSSZ) for piloting the development of fishermen economy; (2) to create a single business organizer which has its legal entity as a corporation, managed by a Board of Directors with its function is to manage the pilot project of fishermen economic development in the coastal areas FSSZ in Kab. Pesisir Selatan; (3) to establish a specific training and guidance center (STGC) as an instrument for the business organizer of FSSZ to empower and to improve quality of fishermen's human resources; and (4) to create a local venture capital company (LVCC) as a non bank financing support or as an alternative source of financing, mainly for objective to invest in FSSZ and to provide funding for fishermen to create and develop their own business. Structural transformation consists of three strategic programs: (1) to transform fishermen's mindset or "way of thingking" to industrial orientation; (2) to transform traditional production patterns to patterns of agro-industry and agribusiness-style production (3) to transform tradisional business organization patterns to patterns of SMEs/Coopertives/Business Groups, which have clear legal entity. However, successful implementation of such transformation policies is determined strongly by level and quality of coordination between the Provincial government of West Sumatra and local government in Kab. Pesisir Selatan.