Today's News List: Oman bans abalone fishing during 2022 and 2023

Here’s today's news list from the Sultanate of Oman.

5 December 2022

1. Over 230 expats deported from Oman for violating labour law

More than 230 expats have been deported from the Sultanate of Oman in November 2022 for violating the labour law.

"The joint inspection office of Al Dakhiliyah Governorate has received 150 expatriate workers violating Oman labour law. The office deported 236 labour law violators in November. Accordingly, the Ministry calls upon all employers to adhere to the provisions of labour law," the Ministry of Labour said in a statement. 

2. Oman bans abalone fishing during 2022 and 2023

 The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources has issued a ministerial decision No.241/2022 banning the fishing, collection, possession and dealing with Omani abalone during the hunting seasons of 2022 and 2023.

The first article of the decision stipulates that hunting and collecting abalone is prohibited during the hunting seasons of 2022 and 2023. Possession, processing and dealing in abalone are also prohibited during the aforementioned prohibition period. Dealing includes transport, sale, purchase, export, and all related activity related to hunting and trading in abalone.

The second article said that the quantities of abalone harvested in the seasons prior to the issuance of this decision, which was registered with the fisheries departments affiliated to the Ministry, are excluded from the ban. Dealing in these quantities shall be according to permits issued by the competent authority to the concerned parties.

3. Temporary traffic diversion to open on Rusayl-Bidbid Road

A temporary traffic diversion will be put in place on the Rusayl-Bidbid Road for those heading to Muscat in the Rusayl area.

"The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, in cooperation with the Directorate General of Traffic, will open today after midnight a temporary traffic diversion on the Rusayl-Bidbid Road for those heading to Muscat in the Rusayl area, until the completion of the road expansion project. The road users should be careful," the Ministry said in a statement.