COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries

Sangeeta Mangubhai; Carolina Olguín-Jacobson; Anthony Charles; Joshua Cinner; Asha de Vos; Rachel T. Graham; Gaku Ishimura; Katherine E. Mills; Josheena Naggea; Daniel K. Okamoto; Jennifer K. O’Leary; Anne K. Salomon; U. Rashid Sumaila; Alan White; Fiorenza Micheli

COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries

2024

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of global and domestic seafood markets. We examined the main impacts and responses of the small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector, and found that mitigation and preparedness strategies should be prioritised to boost resilience in SSF. We provide five policy options and considerations: (1) improving access to insurance and financial services; (2) strengthening local and regional markets and supporting infrastructure; (3) recognising fisheries as an essential service; (4) integrating disaster risk management into fisheries management systems; and (5) investing in Indigenous and locally-led fisheries management. Response and recovery measures need to explicitly build strategies to maintain or boost inclusion and equity in SSF.

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