| Item | Fisher (N = 48) | Non-fisher (N = 31) | ||
| Communication media | No. | % | No. | % |
| Attend management meeting | 20 | 41.7 | 26 | 84.0 |
| Ministry notice | 27 | 56.3 | 16 | 52.0 |
| Newspaper | 4 | 8.3 | 7 | 23.0 |
| Television/radio | 2 | 4.2 | 4 | 13.0 |
| Personal contact with fishery managers | 5 | 10.4 | 14 | 45.0 |
| Community leader (called “Wali”) | 19 | 36.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senat Al-Bahar committee (traditional institution) | 14 | 29.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scientific research | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 61.0 |
| Stock status | ||||
| Severely overfished | 20 | 42.6 | 12 | 42.9 |
| Just overfished | 22 | 46.8 | 8 | 28.6 |
| Biologically sustainable | 4 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Probably underfished | 1 | 2.1 | 6 | 21.4 |
| Strictly underfished | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.1 |