Determinants of Small-scale Fishermen's Income on Oman's Batinah Coast

Jabri, Omar Al; Collins, Ray; Sun, Xiaochen; Omezzine, Abdallah; Belwal, Rakesh

doi:10.7755/mfr.75.3.3

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“…Even though standardized national‐level data sets are important for comparative analyses such as the one carried out here, there is an associated loss of context that can make it difficult to interpret trends or draw nation‐specific insights. For example, the available data analysed in this study did not allow us to control for the effects of fishing gears, targeted fishery and fishing effort, which are among variables that influence fishers’ incomes (Al Jabri, Collins, Sun, Omezzine, & Belwal, ; Sherif & Gheblawi, ). Additionally, fishing income data are at the scale of individuals not of vessels or fishery sector, and keeping to this unit of reporting rules out data from countries and studies that do report statistics at the latter scales (ABARES, ; Kasperski & Holland, ).…”

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Are fishers poor? Getting to the bottom of marine fisheries income statistics

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Fishers' economic status is hard to assess because fisheries socio-economic data, including earnings, are often not centrally available, standardized or accessible in a form that allows scaled-up or comparative analyses. The lack of fishing income data impedes sound management and allows biased perceptions about fishers' status to persist. We compile data from intergovernmental and regional data sets, as well as case-studies, on income earned from marine wild-capture fisheries. We explore the level and distribution of fishers' income across fisheries sectors and geographical regions, and highlight challenges in data collection and reporting. We find that fishers generally are not the poorest of the poor based on average fishing income from 89 countries, but income levels vary widely. Fishing income in the large-scale sector is higher than the small-scale sector by about 2.2 times, and in high-income versus low-income countries by almost 9 times. Boat owners and captains earned more than double that of crew and owner-operators, while income from fisheries is greater than that from agricultural work in 63% of countries in this study. Nonetheless, incomes are below national poverty lines in 34% of the countries with data. More detailed fishing income statistics is needed for quantitative scientific research and for supporting socio-economic policies. Key gaps to address include the lack of a centralized database for fisheries income statistics and the coarse resolution at which economic statistics are reported internationally. A first step to close the gap is to integrate socio-economic monitoring and reporting in fisheries management.

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“…Al Jabri et al (2013) study the factors affecting the income of small fishers in the Batinah area of Oman. Estimation results show that increased weekly fishing costs, the number of crew members, difficulties in storing ice cold can reduce the level of fishermen income, while engine power, vessel length and number of weekly trips have significant implications for improving fisherfolk incomes, In addition, the authors conclude that cognitive ability and training and occupational experience play an important role in increasing income for coastal fishermen in Batinah.…”

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Factors affecting offshore fishing households’ income in southern central coast of Vietnam

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“…Education plays a major role in adapting and innovation. It is also believed that a person with a higher education level is expected to use sophisticated gears that can improve fishing practice, hence increasing income (Jabri et al 2014). Therefore, it is expected that a positive relationship should exist between the household that has gone to school to have higher income.…”

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Fishing contributions to the household income in Mafia District, Tanzania

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Mombo

2019

Indo Pac J Ocean Life

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Abstract. Mpemba A, Mombo FM. 2019. Fishing contributions to the household income in Mafia District, Tanzania. Ocean Life 3: 74-85. The fishing sector is responsible for providing critical income for many families within fishing communities. Fishing activities explain the levels of income which, in the end, indicate whether a given fishing household is benefiting. This study was undertaken to assess the contribution of fishing to household income in Mafia District, Tanzania. The data were collected from randomly sampled 120 household heads using several methods such as questionnaire survey, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), checklist and field observation. The collected data were analyzed using inferential statistics, descriptive statistics, and content analysis. A box plot was used to establish the significant relationship between household income contributions from fishing and other economic activities. In addition, content analysis was used in the analysis of qualitative data. The results revealed that several economic activities are conducted in the study area, where 41.47% of respondents indicated that fishing is the major economic activity in their households. The results showed that average household incomes from conducting fishing alone as the main economic activity was 51,250 TZS, fish-related activities were 15,000 TZS and other economic activities were 5,000 TZS per day. Since the study has revealed that fishing contributes to higher income in the household than other activities, therefore the study recommends that most of the households in the study area do not have access to credit for improving their activities, especially fishing the government should provide improved fishing gears for fishers with a low-interest rate.

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Determinants of Small-scale Fishermen's Income on Oman's Batinah Coast

Abstract: ABSTRACT-The small-scale fi shing industry of Oman is responsible for almost

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

Are fishers poor? Getting to the bottom of marine fisheries income statistics

Are fishers poor? Getting to the bottom of marine fisheries income statistics

Factors affecting offshore fishing households’ income in southern central coast of Vietnam

Fishing contributions to the household income in Mafia District, Tanzania

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