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attributed to the use of fishing nets with bigger mesh
sizes which could explain the disappearance of the
immature sardines in favour of mature ones starting
from March 2005.
Acknowledgements
I thank Mr. Suleiman Al-Shueili for helping in collection of samples. I also thank
Dr. Anish Govender, Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, for his
advices. I am grateful to Sultan Qaboos University for the award of the following
research grants which enabled me to undertake and publish this research paper
among others: IG/AGR/FISH/07/03 and IG/AGR/FISH/04/02.
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