The Covid-19 impacts on the European Union aquaculture sector.

ABSTRACT: There have been a number of indications of strong negative impacts of Covid-19 and the preventive measures associated with the pandemic for all food sectors. However, there is increasing evidence that the picture is quite nuanced where the Covid related measures are creating challenges for some and opportunities for others. In this paper we investigate the impacts of Covid-19 on the aquaculture sector in the European Union using two approaches; a survey where industry representatives and experts assess the impacts on key economic indicators allowing for positive as well as negative impacts, and recently published aquaculture production data for Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that surveys' results indicate that, on average, the impact of Covid-19 is negative on the income side, increa

SUBMITTER: Nielsen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618443 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature