Impact Of Fisheries Capital Grants On Improvement Of Fisheries' Income In The Bintan District Minapolitan

The purpose of this research is to (1) assess the performance of fishermen groups who have received capital supports from the government; (2) analyze the impact of fisheries capital grants to the number of working days and income of fishermen, and (3) measure the impact of fisheries capital grants to the rate of employment in minapolitan area. The analysis technique that is used in this research is divided into two parts, which the first, is the policy impact analysis of the changes of the numbers of working days, and the income of respondents, before and after the grant is given; the second is performance-group analysis. The result shows that implementation of minapolitan region development has given positive impact to the economic growth of the fishermen. This can be known by the fact that there is an increase of fishermen’s working days up tp 50,4%, increase of employment rate, and also the increase of fishermen’s income up to 76% (equal to Rp 896.550). Based on the performance analysis of the fishermen’s group, some indicators that needs to be improved are: administrations of operational charges and productions fee, and the continuations of economic activities, and the applications of trainings and knowledge. To improve the development of minapolitan region in the future, government supports in providing the complementary industry for fishery activities is needed, especially the ones which provides fisheries seeds and foods. Keyword : Capital Grants, Minapolitan, Performance, Policy Impact.