Fishing Gears Management in the Sultanate of Oman

The fisheries in the Sultanate of Oman characterized as small scale. The research is represented through project to manage and develop fishing gears in Omani through introducing new semi automatic long liner system. The main... [ view full abstract ]

The fisheries in the Sultanate of Oman characterized as small scale. The research is represented through project to manage and develop fishing gears in Omani through introducing new semi automatic long liner system. The main objective of the study was to estimate the new system efficiency for fishing in terms of the coast, time and effort saving, in addition to safety.

The work methodology was to based on training program for predefined fishermen based om specific requirements, some of them were selected based on the scores that got and retrain them to make sure that they well familiarize on the new system use.

Through the preliminary and advanced fishing experiments on board fishing boats, there were many remarkable findings. The new system saves the preparing and fishing trip time by 30%, increases the catch value by 25%, saves the operations costs by 15% and the hazards decreases by 80%.

As conclusion, the introduction of the new system ( semi automatic long liner) will improve the management of long line fishing in Oman. It will contributes in increasing the fishing efficiency through, time and costs saving, increase the quantity and value of the fishing and increase the safety of the operations.