Living and living on the coast is a blessing for some people, because its natural riches can be used as a source of livelihood for survival. As experienced by a group of residents on the coast of the mangrove forest in Ama Maka Hamlet, Bakajaya Village, Woja District, Dompu Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).
Every day they depend on looking for mangrove crabs (keu wako) to fulfill their daily needs. They search for crabs using simple equipment and work for several hours a day.
"We catch crabs using crab traps," said the crab hunter,
To be able to catch crabs, we and our colleagues installed a device by providing pieces of eel fish meat as bait. The trap will be installed in the morning, then removed in the afternoon.
"In the crab trap, pieces of eel fish are placed as crab bait. The trap is brought to the location every morning, then taken back in the afternoon."
Income in a day can get 2-3 kilograms of medium sized crabs. However, this fortune doesn't come every day, because we often don't get any crabs at all.
"A maximum of three kilograms a day and often I don't get any at all. Even if I have any luck, I immediately sell it to collectors for IDR 50 thousand per kilogram,"
