The COVID-19 pandemic has altered illegal fishing activities inside and outside a marine protected area.

ABSTRACT: The global COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique opportunity to explore the consequences of illegal exploitation on wildlife communities, as it continues to have wide-reaching impacts on multiple sectors, including local and national economies, international trade, and conservation enforcement¹. The ongoing reductions in monitoring and enforcement during the pandemic have allowed increased opportunities for illegal, unreported, and unregulated activities, particularly for small-scale fisheries². Even before the pandemic, policymakers and fisheries managers intent on controlling illegal fishing activities established marine protected areas (MPAs) that restrict or prohibit fishing³. Unfortunately, non-compliance with MPAs is often the rule rather than the

SUBMITTER: Quimbayo JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310233 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature