Abstract
South Labuhanbatu Regency has quite large water resources with the Barumun River which crosses Pasir Tuntung Village, Asamjawa Village, Kotapinang Village and Sisumut Village. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the income of fishermen in Asamjawa Village, South Labuhanbatu Regency. This research method is a descriptive method with a questionnaire tool and the data obtained were analyzed using SPSS software. The variables observed were fisherman’s income, fisherman’s education, length of time working as a fisherman, area of fishing location, daily working time, number of fishing gear and number of fisherman catches. The linear regression model of fishermen’s income in Asamjawa Village was obtained as follows: Y = -19.344,10 + 392.699,10 X1 - 5.024,53 X2 + 73.255,48 X3 + 16.349,29 X4 + 135.819,41 X5 + 12.465,72 X6. The regression analysis results obtained three variables that significantly affect the income of fishermen in Asamjawa Village, Torgamba District, South Labuhanbatu Regency. Where the variables that have a significant effect are the education variable, the number of catches, and daily working time.