Oman Lands OR286 Million of Fish in Nine Months
Oman landed OR 286m ($76m) of fish in the first nine months of the year, according to the preliminary statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The total quantity of fish landed by artisanal fishing in the Sultanate of Oman, till the end of September 2023, stood at 483,984 tons, reaching a value of OR285,857,000 ($76m), up by 19.5 per cent, compared to the same period in 2022, when its total quantity was 405,013 tons
The statistics also showed that the quantity of fish landed at the end of September 2023 through commercial fishing reached 29,366 tons, while the quantity of fish landed through coastal fishing reached 3,565 tons.
The highest quantity of fish landed through artisanal fishing was recorded in the Governorate of Al Wusta, which reached 180,501 tons, followed by the Governorate of South Al Sharqiyah which recorded 146,517 tons.
The Governorates of North Al Batinah and South Al Batinah, recorded 54,902 tons, and the Governorate of Dhofar recorded fish landing of 51,109 tons.
Fish landings in the Governorate of Musandam reached 28,419 tons, and Muscat recorded 22,536 tons of landed fish.
The NCSI statistics also showed that the largest quantity of fish landed by artisanal fishing was for the type of small pelagic fish, reaching 267,712 tons at the end of September 2023.
Meanwhile, the quantity of large pelagic fish landed by artisanal fishing, at the end of September 2023 reached 119,149 tons.
The quantity of demersal fish landed by artisanal fishing at the end of September 2023, reached 79,323 tons.
Moreover, the number of sharks and rays landed by artisanal fishing in Oman stood at 4,873 tons at the end of September 2023.
Further, crustaceans and molluscs landed by artisanal fishing till the end of September 2023, reached 9,958 tons, while the quantity of other types of fish landed by artisanal fishing reached 2,970 tons.
