Knowledge, practice, and economic impacts of COVID-19 on small-scale coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh: Policy recommendations for improved livelihoods

Hoque, Md. Sazedul; Bygvraa, Despena Andrioti; Pike, Kate; Hasan, Md. Mahmudul; Rahman, Muhammad Arifur; Akter, Shaida; Mitchell, D.; Holliday, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104647

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“…National policies and rules also need to make government-provided economic incentives inclusive and sufficient by keeping no space for social stratification. Fishing community members receive very limited or no support from private, non-government and government organizations to cope up with the pandemic (Hoque et al, 2021). Thus, compensation policy implementation needs to consider not only fishing bans, but also any other abrupt changes, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, that may pose shocks and stresses.…”

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“…Local-scale strategies should also be taken to help fishing community members practicing community coordination and build a strong community network among both male and female fishing community members that can help reduce the negative interaction among different social levels. As government initiatives are often documented as insufficient (Islam et al, 2016;Hoque et al, 2021), communities' skills should be developed with the help of government or private entities to help fishing community members remain resilient using communities' capacities and bonding.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Multilevel Resilience of Fishing Communities of Coastal Bangladesh Against Covid-19 Pandemic and 65-Day Fishing Ban

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The unusual situation that arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 65-day fishing ban (national policy to boost depleted fish stocks) affected the lower-income fishing communities in coastal Bangladesh. Shocks and stresses were posed, and community people adopted strategies to adapt to the changes. In the process of adaptation, social-ecological systems resilience at different levels plays a crucial role. Though resilience is acknowledged as multilevel feature, studies on the interaction between the levels while understanding communities’ responses to shock and stress are limited. Thus, in this study, we explored the shocks and stresses the fishing community faced and their views on the resilience feature at different levels (i.e., individual, household, and community level) in coastal Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic and 65-day fishing ban period. The study found that the most resilience promoting features (e.g., diversified livelihood, friendship, and network of supports) were adopted at the individual and household levels. However, positive and negative interactions were explored between resilience features at all levels. Low community-level resilience was not translated into a lack of household-level resilience, and strong individual-level resilience did not mean high household-level resilience. It was noted that the increased resilience of a particular individual or household could negatively affect community resilience. Resilience features showed inconsistent interactions within or among the three levels’ resilience features. The study also revealed that multilevel resilience features stressed the importance of combining persistence (i.e., keeping fishing as the main livelihood) and adaptation process (e.g., livelihood diversification). The study showcases the importance of considering multilevel resilience that offers insight into crucial resilience factors which would not be evident if only one level were studied. The overall finding of this study will contribute to framing governance strategies to ensure sustainable coastal management even in the time of any abrupt or expected changes, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the fishing ban policy.

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Multilevel Resilience of Fishing Communities of Coastal Bangladesh Against Covid-19 Pandemic and 65-Day Fishing Ban

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“…This paper builds on an analytical framework that combines two different models, the "Adaptive Cycle Model (ACM)" developed by Holling and Gunderson [37] and the "Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF)" proposed by DFID [38]. The ACM aims at understanding resilience by unravelling the dynamics of social-ecological systems, consisting of four specific stages: the exploitation phase (r) characterised by growth and seizing of opportunities, the conservation phase (K) representing stability and increasing rigidity (fore-loop), the release phase (Ω) denoting the period of decline and destruction, and the reorganisation phase (α) for innovation and restructuring (back-loop) [39].…”

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“…Our combined framework allows us to analyse what types of capital may influence the social-ecological system in each phase of adaptation, and to discuss how different capitals may affect one another over time (Figure 1). [37] and DFID [38].…”

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What Makes Small-Scale Fishers Resilient? Lessons from the Coping Strategies under COVID-19 Outbreak Observed in Trang Province, Thailand

Arai¹,

Sanlee²,

Uehara³

et al. 2022

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Researchers have reported various impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on small-scale fishers, such as stagnating market demands, reduction of market price and income, etc. While literature have heeded to these impacts in a relatively short time frame, scant evidence exists on the changing impacts over time and on the detailed processes of how fishers have been coping with the challenges in a longer time period. Furthermore, few studies have comprehensively analysed the impacts and strategies from multiple perspectives. This study aims to explore the perceived impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on small-scale fishing communities and to highlight the coping strategies adopted by fishers over a year since the initial outbreak, through a case study in Trang Province, Thailand. Analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews indicated that fishers wisely utilised natural, financial and social capitals at the early stages of the outbreak, while human capitals were essential for recovering from the impacts in the later stages. Our findings suggest that the adaptive capacity to flexibly change livelihood strategies are crucial, while alternative income source may not necessarily help small-scale fishers under stagnating global economy.

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Impacts, challenges, and adaptation of small-scale fishers during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected tropical countries

Macusi,

Bersaldo,

Katikiro

et al. 2024

Aquat Sci

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Knowledge, practice, and economic impacts of COVID-19 on small-scale coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh: Policy recommendations for improved livelihoods

Cited by 30 publications

References 13 publications

Multilevel Resilience of Fishing Communities of Coastal Bangladesh Against Covid-19 Pandemic and 65-Day Fishing Ban

Multilevel Resilience of Fishing Communities of Coastal Bangladesh Against Covid-19 Pandemic and 65-Day Fishing Ban

What Makes Small-Scale Fishers Resilient? Lessons from the Coping Strategies under COVID-19 Outbreak Observed in Trang Province, Thailand

Impacts, challenges, and adaptation of small-scale fishers during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected tropical countries

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