Introduction of Fisheries Co-management in Oman, Why and Why not?

The fishery sector in Oman is one of the most important industries, beside the other sectors in terms of the contribution to the gross domestic product and food security in addition to the provision of employment opportunities. Albatinah state had several problems like: conflict among fishermen, unrestricted access of new technologies to the sector, insufficient management of the fisheries resource, uncontrolled fish export which led to over fishing in some coastal areas of Oman like in Albatinah state. A survey was conducted in the northern part of this state using structured questionnaire, in order to identify the possibility of introducing co-management in this place.