PERIKANAN DI BAGAN SIAPI-API 1871-1942

ABSTRACT This research aims to give some description about "The Fishery in Bagan Siapi-Api between 1871 and 1942. The sentral points explains fishery development structure and economic condition in depression period. This work uses historical research method, namely heuristic (collecting document resources), critic (ekstemai and internal), interpretation (analyses) and historiography. The writer takes some document resources from documentary and field research in some libraries. Social economy approach is used to explain about the change relationship in production contexs. The results of research show that before Chinese and Dutch economic expansion came to Bagan, a great number of fish production was more consummed by fisherman than traded. A great change happened with the arrival of Chinese immigrants. They invested a great capital for production and marketing. Economic interest of Dutch opened a potential access to the fish production in Bagan Siapi-Api, that became known in the world. At the time of depression, Bagan Siapi-Api fishery was shaky. This condition had been mortally wounded with high price of salt and coast shallowing. Many of industrialist were bankrupt. But economic fishery condition had changed better well with the modification of technology in catching species. Many fishermen moved out to catch species by a cheaper and low-risk cici system. Dutch colonialist and part of Chinese became an important social group. Aristocratic power of Siak Sri lndrapura kingdom was bordered to social culture aspect more than economic. The life of native fishermen was statist. They only simply caught species or as cullies at Chinese's bangliau. Keywords: Bagan Siapi-Api -- Fishery -- Fisherman