Value of fish landed in Oman reaches OMR195.8 million

Muscat: Artisanal fishing constituted 93.9 per cent of fish landed in the Sultanate of Oman at the end of June 2023 to stand at 371,647 tonnes, going up by 5 per cent compared to the same period in 2022, which stood at 353,950 tonnes. The value of landed fish stood at OMR195.884 million.

Initial statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the amount of fish landed through commercial fishing stood at 20,724 tonnes. Meanwhile, fish landed through coastal fishing reached 3,059 tonnes.

The highest amount of fish landed through artisanal fishing was recorded in the Governorate of Al Wusta (144,707 tonnes), followed by the Governorate of South Al Sharqiyah with 110,593 tonnes.

The amount of landed fish in other governorates came as follows: 42,128 tonnes in Dhofar, 37,553 tonnes in North Al Batinah and South Al Batinah, 21,938 in Musandam and 14,727 tonnes in Muscat.