[oman-l] Environmental law, any info?

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Yes, they are very strict.
I beleive however, that chasing down on private people fishing in the ocean
is not the right way. Very little fish is caught that way. And it's very
"natural", for sure the way we were ment to catch the fish we eat. The
environmently unfriendly fishing is done from large fishing vessels, not
from private persons.
How much I support the envoronmently friendly laws in Oman, I wish private
fishing laws would be reviewed.

When you compare Oman with other Gulf countries you will appreciate it's
cleaness. However, I once experienced that a construction company dumped the
garbage in the desert instead of driving it to the municipality dump yard -
probably because the expat driver pocketed to dump yard money. I managed to
get the authorities to work on that one and the desert area was cleaned up
(but not too my satisfaction, could have been done better). In the same area
I many times came upon these expat workes in the act of dumping, and I
forced them (without proper authority, just threatening with the police) to
reload their trucks. I was a kind of crazy custodian of the desert area
oposite the University.

Unfortunately many pic-nic people are neatly collecting their garbage,
putting it into a plastic bag (which is good), but then leaving it at their
site where it will lie forever. I wish these people could have some more
education.

Tommy


From: Abdulrahman Alharthy <AlharthyAA@cardiff.ac.uk>


>Oman Environmental Laws are very strict for either individuals or
>companies. As an example individuals violating fishing or hunting
>laws might face fines inexccess of $2,000 or even
>imprisonment. The Ministry of Regional Municipality and Environment
>works closely with the Royal Oman Police to implement these laws.
>The conventional way to get these laws is to ask them from the
>Ministry directly.
>address