A. Species
Scientific name: Panulirus homarus
Common name(s): Scalloped spiny lobster
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Oman
Country/Region: Oman
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: 3 Governorates: Al-Sharqiyah South, Al-Wusta, Dhofar
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1991
End Year: 2017
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and National / local government
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: Data from Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Lobster landings decreased dramatically over study period and questionnaire answers from local fishermen indicate that they do not agree with (and are thus unlikely to observe) the closed season
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: this study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Lobster landings decreased dramatically over study period and questionnaire answers from local fishermen indicate that they do not agree with (and are thus unlikely to observe) the closed season. However, Price for lobsters is increasing so that smaller catches are economically viable and over-fishing is not necessary
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: this study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Lobster landings decreased dramatically over study period and questionnaire answers from local fishermen indicate that they do not agree with (and are thus unlikely to observe) the closed season. However, Price for lobsters is increasing so that smaller catches are economically viable and over-fishing is not necessary
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: this study does not record this
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: this study does not record this
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: this study does not record this
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: this study does not record this
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
If continuity and long-term sustainability of the fishery is a priority, then fishers’ commitment in running an economically viable and environmentally sustainable fishing should be secured through a partnership approach based on coordination between management facility, law/ policy makers and local fishermen, where then the by-all-parties-supported laws are enforced effectively
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2022-11-10