Elsevier

Global Food Security

Volume 28, March 2021, 100494
Global Food Security

Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

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Highlights

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    We studied COVID-19 related disruptions, impacts, and responses to the seafood sector

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    COVID-19 is showing the vulnerability of groups that work in- or dependent on the seafood sector

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    Current responses combined with lessons from past shocks can help building resilience

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    Strategic research is needs to support learning from COVID-19 impacts and responses

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns are creating health and economic crises that threaten food and nutrition security. The seafood sector provides important sources of nutrition and employment, especially in low-income countries, and is highly globalized allowing shocks to propagate. We studied COVID-19-related disruptions, impacts, and responses to the seafood sector from January through May 2020, using a food system resilience ā€˜action cycleā€™ framework as a guide. We find that some supply chains, market segments, companies, small-scale actors and civil society have shown initial signs of greater resilience than others. COVID-19 has also highlighted the vulnerability of certain groups working in- or dependent on the seafood sector. We discuss early coping and adaptive responses combined with lessons from past shocks that could be considered when building resilience in the sector. We end with strategic research needs to support learning from COVID-19 impacts and responses.

Keywords

Covid
Seafood
Nutrition
Employment
Resilience
Trade
Fish
Shocks

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