PAPALELE: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Ekonomi Perikanan dan Kelautan focuses on publishing research results in the socio-economic field of fisheries and maritime affairs. Papalele Journal's coverage is:

Economics of fisheries and marine resources, including: economic valuation, bioeconomic, environmental economics, tourism economics, resource management, conflict management of marine and fisheries resources.

Business management, including: fisheries household economy, fisheries and marine business, marketing management, trade, development economics, export and import of fisheries and marine products.

Social and institutional, including: sociology, anthropology, law, politics, and fisheries and marine institutions.