Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sectors in Relation to Food Security: A Critical Review

Kamal Gosh, Santa Chowdhury, Debasish Chandra Acharjee, Abdullah-Al Mamun and Robin Ghosh
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Kamal Gosh: School of Agriculture and Applied Science, Langston University, Langston, OK 73050, USA
Santa Chowdhury: Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 2410, Bangladesh
Debasish Chandra Acharjee: Department of Agribusiness, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh
Abdullah-Al Mamun: Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
Robin Ghosh: Department of Computer and Information science, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR 72801, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: The aquaculture and fisheries sectors are critical sources of nutrition and employment generation in many developed and developing countries. Hence, any disruptions to these sectors due to the COVID-19 pandemic have a far-reaching impact, leading to a cascading chain of disorder affecting people’s food security and livelihoods. Relating to these fish sectors, we reviewed COVID-19’s implications for the food security of these vulnerable countries. The current study indicated that COVID-19 and its related preventive measures have severely disrupted the fish demand and supply chain by creating considerable fish price volatility. As a result, the vulnerable aquatic communities have adopted several short-term coping strategies, including fish overwintering, delayed fish stocking time, and feeding the overcrowded fish with low-priced food. Since the long-term coping strategies are still unclear, we recommended certain longstanding methods that are likely to safeguard food security and livelihoods if adopted.

Keywords: food security; livelihood; aquaculture; COVID-19; economic impact model; fisheries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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