Teetering Towards Economic Sustainability: Alternatives for Commercial Fishermen

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

“…Oman needs to consider different alternatives to improve fi shermen's income and the plight of the fi shing communities. Facing similar economic and ecological pressures, communities throughout the world are looking for alternative sources of income, e.g., creating cultural tourism, establishment of eco hatcheries and aquaculture (Gupta and Pandit, 2007;Jones, 2009). Degen et al (2010) mention how fi shermen can improve their income with two possible types of diversifi cation: earner diversifi cation, where the fi sherman has another income, and activity diversifi cation, where someone else in the household has an income.…”