Be it for coomercial reasons or feeding. As it is very well known, Japan refuses to abide by IWC regulations and continues to kill whales for commercial purposes, despite international opposition. I have never heard of Japanese whaling in the Sultanate. Well, not the only ones, but, on a larger scale than others. Agriculture in Oman is in a very very bad shape.
Large areas are under fodder grass cultivation.
This cultivation drains the water and destroys the soil by sucking out every bit of nutrient. There is huge water table depletion and consequent salinity is destroying all farms in the southern batinah coast. Even the government agriculture research farms in Rumais are now dead. There is a massive overuse of pesticide with two consequences. The amount of toxic dust being sprayed is horrendous.