The economic performance of the EU fishing fleet during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Date | 2023-02 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Author(s) | Carpenter Griffin1, Carvalho Natacha2, Guillen Jordi3, Prellezo Raúl4, Villasante Sebastián5, Andersen Jesper L.6, Mravlje Edo Avdic7, Berkenhagen Jörg8, Brigaudeau Cecile9, Burke Brian10, Santos Angel Calvo11, Cano Suzana12, Contini Franca3, Da-Rocha José-María13, Davidjuka Irina14, Martínez Francisco Manuel Fernández15, Fontaneda-López Ignacio15, Gambino Monica16, Caballero Elena Garcia15, Guyader Olivier17, Herring Jeppe18, Hoekstra Geert19, Ioannou Myrto20, Jackson Emmet10, Jung Armelle21, Kazlauskas Edvardas22, Keatinge Michael23, Kuzebski Emil24, Leonardi Sophie17, Le Grand Christelle17, Lees Janek25, Mancebo-Robledo Carmen Margarita15, Minne Marie-Dominique26, Mol Arie19, Quintana Marta Moran27, Nicheva Simona28, Pokki Heidi29, Do ó João Ramos12, Rodríguez Alexandre30, Sabatella Rosaria Felicità16, Sciberras Andrew31, Souffez Arnaud32, Stroie Constantin33, Swahnberg Hanna34, Tzouramani Irene35, Viana Maria Valiente15, Verlé Katrien36, Virtanen Jarno3, 8, Vukov Ivana37, Zhelev Kolyo28 | ||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Independent Researcher, Brussels, Belgium 2 : European Environment Agency (EEA), Copenhagen, Denmark 3 : European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy 4 : AZTI, Sukarrieta, Spain 5 : CRETUS, Department of Applied Economics, Campus Sur, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain 6 : University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 7 : Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia 8 : Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Bremerhaven, Germany 9 : Althea Consultant, Lampaul-Plouarzel, France 10 : Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Cork, Ireland 11 : European Commission, DG MARE, Brussels, Belgium 12 : Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos (DGRM), Lisbon, Portugal 13 : Universidade de Vigo, Spain 14 : Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”, Riga, Latvia 15 : Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAPA), General Secretary for Fisheries, Madrid, Spain 16 : NISEA, Fisheries and Aquaculture Economic Research, Salerno, Italy 17 : IFREMER, UMR AMURE, Brest, France 18 : Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 19 : Wageningen Economic Research, The Hague, The Netherlands 20 : Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 : Des Requins et Des Hommes (DRDH), Plouzané, France 22 : Agriculture Information and Rural Business Center, Vilnius, Lithuania 23 : Independent Researcher, Dublin, Ireland 24 : National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland 25 : Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia 26 : Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Paris, France 27 : Seafish, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 28 : Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Burgas, Bulgaria 29 : Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, Finland 30 : EU Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC), Madrid, Spain 31 : Fisheries Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marsa, Malta 32 : University of Nantes, Nantes, France 33 : National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture of Romania, Bucarest, Romania 34 : Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Gothenburg, Sweden 35 : Agricultural Economics Research Institute HAO DEMETER, Athens, Greece 36 : ILVO – Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ostend, Belgium 37 : Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate of Fisheries, Zagreb, Croatia |
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Source | Aquatic Living Resources (0990-7440) (EDP Sciences), 2023-02 , Vol. 36 , N. 2 , P. 14p. | ||||||||
DOI | 10.1051/alr/2022022 | ||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 2 | ||||||||
Note | Special Issue - COVID-19 effects on fisheries and aquaculture food systems | ||||||||
Keyword(s) | COVID-19, fisheries, economic impact, European Union | ||||||||
Abstract | The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent public health interventions have depressed demand and disrupted supply chains for many fishing businesses. This paper provides an analysis of the COVID-19 impacts on the profitability of the EU fishing fleets. Nowcasting techniques were used to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic performance for the EU fishing fleet in 2020 and 2021. Our results show that the economic impact of COVID-19 on this sector was smaller than initially expected and overall profits remained positive. This was in part due to low fuel prices that reduced operating costs of fishing, and the early response from governments to support the sector. The results vary by fishing fleet, revealing that small-scale fleets and the fleets in the Mediterranean and Black seas have been more impacted than large-scale fleets and the fleets in the Northeast Atlantic. |
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