Research Article
Three-Year Closure of Fishing Seasons as a Management Tool for the Omani Abalone, Haliotis mariae, Fishery in the Sultanate of Oman
Table 5
Sample number and average shell length (mm) with standard error of H. mariae in the studied areas from 2009 to 2021.
| | Area | Year | | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| | Mirbat | 217
72.9
(1.55) | 611
76.2
(0.82) | 695
74.2
(0.84) | 364
61.1
(1.03) | 656
59.5
(0.67) | 337
69.5
(1.08) | 406
67.8
(0.96) | 171
67.3
(1.55) | 152
71.1
(1.22) | 189
67.8
(1.26) | 199
75.2
(1.24) | | Sadah | 286
77.0
(1.02) | 662
78.4
(0.84) | 1136
81.2
(0.60) | 916
60.3
(0.70) | 1339
60.0
(0.41) | 659
73.0
(0.70) | 544
70.2
(0.77) | 254
71.7
(1.14) | 401
69.0
(0.98) | 299
59.5
(0.97) | 448
70.3
(0.86) | | Hadbin | 463
80.6
(0.77) | 718
89.5
(0.61) | 920
87.2
(0.64) | 934
65.6
(0.68) | 784
60.3
(0.64) | 339
82.3
(0.75) | 280
73.8
(1.08) | 201
70.5
(1.49) | 391
75.0
(1.01) | 163
66.2
(1.21) | 341
80.7
(0.94) | | Hasik | 83
78.4
(2.14) | 185
81.8
(1.17) | 435
81.6
(0.89) | 276
71.1
(1.28) | 232
66.6
(1.30) | 137
84.7
(1.46) | 70
74.1
(2.63) | 40
44.7
(3.18) | 105
52.8
(2.14) | 68
68.3
(2.08) | 76
81.6
(2.18) | | Average | 1049
77.2
(1.37) | 2176
81.5
(0.86) | 3186
81.1
(0.74) | 2490
64.5
(0.92) | 3011
61.6
(0.76) | 1472
77.4
(1.00) | 1300
71.4
(1.36) | 666
63.5
(1.84) | 1049
67.0
(1.34) | 719
65.4
(1.38) | 1064
77.0
(1.31) |
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Above line is the sample number; middle line is the average value; the standard error in brackets. |
