Abstract: The declining fisheries resources cause decreasing in fishermen's main income. Due to this problem, fishermen’s face the pressure to improve the quality of life. Hence, fishermen are forced to do a side job to increase their income. The side income is a factor that could help the fishermen to increase the overall income. Through this additional income, fishermen’s quality of life can be improved. The study was conducted in the area of Pulau Langkawi and Kuala Kedah, Kedah. This study is to identify that non-fishery income influence fishermen to increase the overall income. Data was collected randomly in fishermen village located in area of Pulau Langkawi and Kuala Kedah, Kedah. Total of respondent are 209 fishermen. The main objective in this study is to identify whether the non-fishery income or side income influence fishermen to increase their income and quality of life. The data was analyses by using SPSS and the result will show through the descriptive analysis and regression analysis.
Keywords: non-fishery, income, quality of life, fishermen, Malaysia.
Title: The Impact of Non-fishery Income
Author: Haspinor Teh, Jamal Ali, K. Kuperan
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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