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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (487) Last page : (492)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8179

Impacts of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Fisheries Sector in India: A Minireview

Soumyadip Purkait^1* , Sutanu Karmakar² , Supratim Chowdhury³, Prasenjit Mali⁴ and
Surya Kanta Sau^5
1Department of Fishery Economics & Statistics, Faculty of Fishery Sciences,
²Department of Aquatic Environment Management, Faculty of Fishery Sciences,
³Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fishery Sciences,
⁴Department of Aquatic Animal Health, Faculty of Fishery Sciences,
⁵Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fishery Sciences,
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700094, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: soumyadippurkait07@gmail.com
Received: 15.05.2020  |  Revised: 19.06.2020   |  Accepted: 24.06.2020 

 ABSTRACT

In Indian context, COVID-19 pandemic is an unrivalled shock for the economy and health system as a whole. Disruption of demand and supply chain of agricultural commodity like fish and fishery products for the prolonged nation-wide lockdown will directly affect 14.5 million people associated with the sector. The magnitude of the versatile impact includes production distribution and marketing of inland fisheries, marine capture fisheries, seed supply and seafood export. This working paper aims to describe the multidirectional economic impacts of the fisheries sector from this pandemic and a set of policy recommendation to ameliorate this shock.

Keywords: COVID-19, Economic downturn, Fish farming, Supply chain, Seafood export.

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Cite this article: Purkait, S., Karmakar, S., Chowdhury, S., Mali, P., & Sau, S.K. (2020). Impacts of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Fisheries Sector in India: A Minireview, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 487-492. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8179