This paper aims to estimate the decision-making factors of small-scale fishermen\'s wives in choosing the empowerment of capture fish processing businesses in Indonesia. Determination of decisions in the form of household income, wife\'s age and formal education, quantity of family members working and included and differences in the area of residence. Based on the time dimension using cross-sectional data sourced from primary data with the number of respondents as many as 34 wives of small-scale fisherman. The data analysis technique used is the logit model econometric approach or qualitative response approach. This paper finds that the decisions of small-scale fishermen wives are positively influenced by the quantity of household members borne and differences in housing and negatively affected by wife\'s formal education, while household income, wife\'s age and number of active worker families have no influence significant. This paper presents that Determinants of Decision of the wives of small-scale fishermen in choosing the capture of capture fisheries business is a consideration of various dimensions of empowerment in making decisions to improve the economy of coastal households