Social Capital Strength Through Cirebon Power and Ecosystem Approach for Fisheries Management (EAFM) in the New Normal Era of the Citemu Village Fishermen Community Mundu Sub-District Cirebon District

Abstract

Various movements to welcome the new normal era carried out all lines of life from the economic, social, cultural and educational fields on the grounds of the dynamics of the pandemic covid 19 this has not yet ended. One solution is to make peace with Covid19 by tackling it through a clean, healthy lifestyle while staying active while waiting for the discovery of the vaccine. Efforts to restore economic activity are maximized especially in the territorial waters of Indonesia which have been locked down and paralyzed for 3 months. The majority of people living in Indonesia's coastal areas have livelihoods from marine and coastal products that have a major impact due to the Corona pandemic. Global, national and local conditions require Empowerment of local knowledge and wisdom for sustainable coastal management is an effort to strengthen social capital and is seen as a strategic value in pushing national priorities in developing coastal areas, especially in efforts to reduce disparities and environmental renewal, climate change and disaster resilience including post-pandemic disaster recovery covid 19. Ecosystem Approach for Fisheries Management (EAFM) is one of the social capital owned in an effort to maintain the sustainability of fisheries resources and fishermen community in Cirebon Regency. EAFM is a model for strengthening fishermen's social capital on a small scale as part of community efforts as a form of continued disaster management and climate change adaptation through community adaptation based on local wisdom as a starting point for sustainable development. This study uses Pierre Bourdieu's theory which refers to social capital as an actual and potential resource belonging to someone who comes from the institution's social network and takes place continuously in the form of collective recognition and support from other group members. Qualitative research with an ethnographic approach is carried out by researchers through studies of social interactions, behaviors and perceptions that arise in groups, organizational teams and fishing communities in Citemu Village, Mundu District, Cirebon Regency within a period of three months of the pandemic (MarchJune) by documenting the rules in social capital including the local community's trust system. Key word: Social Capital, Cirebon Power, Ecosystem Approach