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 1
Average density (ind.m-2) of H. mariae in the studied areas during underwater surveys from 2009 to 2021.
| Area | Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Mirbat | 0.12 (0.04) | 0.35 (0.12) | 0.45 (0.20) | 0.17 (0.05) | 0.17 (0.05) | 0.19 (0.05) | 0.25 (0.05) | 0.11 (0.02) | 0.10 (0.02) | 0.06 (0.01) | 0.12 (0.03) | Sadah | 0.16 (0.06) | 0.42 (0.16) | 0.65 (0.13) | 0.50 (0.13) | 0.30 (0.03) | 0.36 (0.04) | 0.34 (0.05) | 0.16 (0.03) | 0.27 (0.07) | 0.19 (0.04) | 0.28 (0.06) | Hadbin | 0.22 (0.07) | 0.41 (0.11) | 0.55 (0.13) | 0.47 (0.10) | 0.21 (0.04) | 0.22 (0.05) | 0.18 (0.04) | 0.13 (0.04) | 0.24 (0.04) | 0.10 (0.02) | 0.21 (0.04) | Hasik | 0.05 (0.02) | 0.12 (0.04) | 0.31 (0.10) | 0.18 (0.08) | 0.04 (0.01) | 0.09 (0.02) | 0.04 (0.01) | 0.03 (0.01) | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.04 (0.01) | 0.05 (0.01) | Average | 0.14 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.05) | 0.49 (0.07) | 0.33 (0.04) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.21 (0.02) | 0.20 (0.02) | 0.10 (0.01) | 0.17 (0.02) | 0.10 (0.01) | 0.17 (0.02) |
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Above line is the average value; the standard error in brackets. |