Three-Year Closure of Fishing Seasons as a Management Tool for the Omani Abalone, Haliotis mariae, Fishery in the Sultanate of Oman

Table 3

Results of ANOVA test differences in immature and mature abalone density throughout the study period (year: fixed factor) and at different locations (area: random factor).

Source	df			Post hoc test
Immature density
Year	10	8.402	<0.001	years
Area	3	17.481	<0.001	, Hadbin, Hasik
Year area	30	1.552	0.035
Mature density
Year	10	13.687	<0.001	years
Area	3	11.863	<0.001	, Hasik; , Hasik
Year area	30	1.174	0.246

indicates significance at 95% confidence limits.