Comments on: Bottom Trawlers In Oman Get The Boot

By: Johnnymorales

Johnnymorales — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:29:56 +0000

Just want to say it’s odd to refer to Oman as a small nation bordering the UAE.

While it’s true it has a smaller population of the UAE, the super majority of the population of the UAE are not citizens and in fact are imported workers.

When you only count citizens of each nation Omanis actually outnumber UAE citizens by about 600,000 according to Wikipedia.

Oman is also 4x larger than the UAE in terms of total land area.

The only area where UAE makes Oman seem like a small neighboring nation is in terms of their image on the World stage. UAE’s has made a pointed effort using some of its vast oil wealth to ensure its presence on the world stage cannot be missed. Oman on the other hand has made no such effort despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world (though far short of the UAE citizen per capita)

By: Oman Holidays

Oman Holidays — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:41:18 +0000

yes – its a nice move – most Omanis live along the coast – and the trawlers caught, froze and shipped to the far east all they caught – so not the people whose income is fishing should gradually see a return of fish stocks

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:56:15 +0000

I think this is HUGE! Oman is effectively cutting off their own purse strings for the environment’s sake (as well as local fisherman). That’s such an important move for the Middle East.

By: Oman Holidays

Oman Holidays — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:44:12 +0000

That’s great news; the boats were are drain on Oman’s resources – employment, environment and food resources. While the fish they scoured may not directly be caught by the local Omani fishermen they were part of the food chain the Omani fishermen relied on.