Muscat: Search and rescue operations continue for two brothers who have gone missing at sea last Thursday evening in the Abu Abali area of Mussanah province.
The boat, which the two siblings set off for fishing trip, was found in the adjoining Barka province shores, with no trace of the brothers.
Royal Oman Police told Gulf News that helicopters and vessels have been dispatched to help find 16-year-old Qusai and 12-year-old Luay.
Many children work in the fishing sector in the coastal provinces of the Batinah governorate.
Omanis have called into question this practice, saying that children should not have to work in such a dangerous line of work.
They are calling on the government to come up with laws to protect children from working in jobs that put their lives at risk.
“Many don’t have enough experience to deal with the dangers of the sea,” Ahmad Al Beloushi, an Abu Abali village resident, told Gulf News
Al Beloushi added that even the experienced fishermen refuse to go fishing when the sea is rough, urging parents for more control of their children who go fishing.
In 2013, two children died at sea while fishing, according to Al Beloushi.
In January, two Omani fishermen, also brothers, from Al Aqar village were rescued after their boat’s engine failed.
