Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the fisheries sector of Sri Lanka.

Autor: Amaralal KHML; National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Crow Island, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka., Edirimanna EMAP; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., Lakmini WASW; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., Chamodi KKD; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., Kuragodage AU; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., Sanuja RG; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., Bandara EGKYC; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., Maheepala MMAS; National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Crow Island, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka., Abeykoon MNDF; National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Crow Island, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka., Sadaruwan KPGL; National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Crow Island, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka., Kuganathan S; Department of Fisheries Science, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka., Deepananda KHMA; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine policy [Mar Policy] 2023 Jan; Vol. 147, pp. 105339. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105339
Abstrakt: We empirically ascertained the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on fisheries sector of Sri Lanka, focusing on the year 2020 which helps identify changes in production and income of the sector. Daily wage and monthly income of stakeholders in the pre-pandemic period are well above the national minimum daily wage and monthly income of the workers in Sri Lanka. Defensive measures taken to curb rapid spread of COVID-19 have given a shock to all stakeholders of the sector. Health and safety measures imposed to avert the spreading of pandemic have compelled the stakeholders to incur extra costs. Study indicates significant impact of the pandemic on production and income of the stakeholders in the fisheries value chain. Comparison of total fish production during 2015-2020 confirms the impacts on the sector and, changes in fish production and income in 2020 completely coincide with COVID-19-time line. Severity of impacts is stakeholder and area specific. Fisheries districts in western province are highly impacted over the other districts. DPSIR framework captures the status of social system and unfolds existing problems in the sector, enabling decision-makers to take policy decisions for future actions. Government of Sri Lanka has taken several steps to revive the sector, and stakeholders have shown an adaptive capacity to cope with impacts of the pandemic. Present crisis in the sector is far from over and, short-term impacts are likely to be followed by long-term crises, thus measures should be taken to revive the sector in new normal conditions and the post-pandemic era.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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