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The dynamics of physical capital stock and net investment in artisanal fisheries of Al-Seeb - a coastal fishing town of Muscat Governorate are examined covering the period 2004-2013 . Data were gathered from two sources namely the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and field survey. A hedonic regression model is used to examine the influence of boat characteristics on the boat acquisition prices and then to derive the growth rate of physical capital stock. Boat characteristics comprising of ‘age’, ‘horsepower (hp)’ and ‘length (vl)’ are found to be statistically significant at the 5% level and carry sign consistent with the economic theory of depreciation and cost respectively. While inter-annual fluctuation of net investment is observed, a positive trend in cumulative investment with an average growth rate of 7.63% is experienced in the fishery during 2004-2013. A crude assessment of the operating costs and the gross revenue of surveyed boat-owners in 2015 showed that on average monthly economic profit of 570.97±169.36SD OMR was received by individual boat-owner which complements the positive trend in cumulative investment.

These findings have important management and policy implications in relation to the effective management of harvesting capacity as well as attract investment in the fishery. Finally, some limitations of the study are discussed along with the indication of potential future research.

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Sultanate of Oman Capital Stock Investment Hedonic Model Fishing Fleet

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Hussein Samh Al-Masroori, Sultan Qaboos University College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences

Department to Marine Science and Fisheries

Associate Professor

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Bose, S., Al-Masroori, H. S., & Salim Al-Hasani, S. D. (2020). Dynamics of Physical Capital in Artisanal Fisheries and Policy Implications. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences [JAMS], 25(2), 46–57. Retrieved from https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/jams/article/view/3520
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