The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Galapagos Islands' seafood system from consumers' perspectives.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic's early stages severely impacted global fisheries, particularly areas heavily reliant on imported food and tourism like the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. To contain the spread of the virus, a full lockdown was implemented. However, the collapse of the tourism industry precipitated the worst economic crisis in the history of this multiple-use marine protected area. This paper examines the impact of the pandemic's early stages on consumption patterns and seafood security in the Galapagos from consumers' perspective, drawing on online surveys conducted during the lockdown. Our findings revealed pre-existing seafood insecurity across the archipelago, further exacerbated by the pandemic on the least-populated island. Nevertheless, the seafood system displayed moderated resil

SUBMITTER: Castrejon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798946 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature