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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, increasing cost and therefore negative with respect to profit. However, in every category the average covers both positive and negative answers suggesting that what was a challenge for some was a window of an opportunity for others. The production data for Denmark and Spain also indicate moderate to no impacts of the Covid-19. The strongest impacts appear on the turbot prices, a species where highly dependent on higher end restaurants. The lower price is a clear indication that there was a significant opportunity cost associated with getting access to other supply chains, particularly as the quantity was also moderately down.
Fuente: Marine Policy, 2023, 147, 105361
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 01/01/2023
No. of pages: 10
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105361
ISSN: 0308-597X,1872-9460
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105361
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NIELSEN, RASMUS
VILLASANTE LARRAMENDI, CARLOS SEBASTIÁN
JOSE MANUEL FERNANDEZ POLANCO
GUILLÉN, JORDI
IGNACIO LLORENTE GARCIA
FRANK ASCHE
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