The Usability of the New Fish Auction Anchorage (PPI) in Tambak Lorok Semarang from Building Conditions and Environment Perspective
8 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2015
Date Written: October 8, 2015
Abstract
As a coastal city, Semarang has a number of potentials along the coastal area. One of them is the potential of fishermen for living to fulfill the daily needs of coastal societies. This study was set out from the phenomenon of the Tambak Lorok new PPI (Fish Auction Anchorage) in Tambak Rejo, Tanjung Mas, Semarang, that did not function since 2008, after being established in 2007. Thus, it was needed to investigate the factors causing inefficiency of this new PPI and the solutions for this problem that were described in this study.
The investigation of factors causing the inefficiency of the new PPI was done through descriptive qualitative method in which the primary data were gathered through interviews with competent informants. Based on the interviews with the fishermen, fishmongers, and auctioneers, the inefficiency of the new PPI was caused by it’s the poor infrastructures. In addition, the access to the PPI in Tambak Rejo was far from the fishermen’s house in Tambak Mulyo. The poor infrastructure and the far access made the fishmongers spent extra money for transportation. Thus, they were reluctant to do auction in the new PPI.
If we see from the government perspective as the stake holder, this phenomenon was indeed caused by the poor road condition to the new PPI and also the far access for the auction doers. However, there was another factor causing this phenomenon that was the planning for repairing the damaged roads to the new PPI that had not been realized yet. Moreover, the feasibility study also less concerned to the regulatory aspects such as the directly facing the sea location of the PPI. It made the high sedimentation of the fish auction placedock pond and made the big and strong waves still reached the docks of the PPI.
After examining several factors causing the disfunction of the Tambak Lorok new PPI, it was expected that for planning the PPI, the factors causing the failure should be taken into account. The former building of the Tambak Lorok new PPI should be functioned for the public interests that could support social and economic activities, and the beauty of its surroundings.
Keywords: fish auction anchorage, infrastructure
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