Large-scale fisheries during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the oceangoing groundfish fleet in Norway

Assessing the economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic on Swedish shrimp fishers

“…The question of how Swedish shrimp fishers were impacted is complex since boiled shrimp are consumed both at restaurants as well as bought for private consumption at home. Reduced consumption in restaurants may be offset by increased private consumption at home [3] , [2] . Our primary question is whether covid-19 has caused an actual price change in Swedish shrimp over the course of the pandemic.…”

“…Regarding other studies related to ours, [12] found that small-scale fleets were more negatively impacted compared to large scale fleets in Europe. [3] , [2] found that the impact of Covid-19 on Norwegian seafood export, which is dominated by aquaculture salmon, was limited, and held that the markets and supply chains used by Norwegian seafood exports were sufficiently robust and flexible to accommodate the shocks created by COVID-19. [3] , [2] found that the price effects on the large vessel groundfish fleet in Norway with no significant effects of Covid-19 on the cod price.…”

Impacts of Covid-19 on Norwegian salmon exports: A firm-level analysis

“…For instance, Love et al (2021) finds increased retail sales for seafood in the United States during the pandemic, whereas restaurant sales were down. Yang et al (2022) report that the lockdowns in China had limited impacts on seafood prices and Asche et al, 2022a , Asche et al, 2022b report limited impacts on Norwegian trawlers.…”

“…Norway is the largest salmon producer worldwide ( Iversen et al, 2020 ), salmon is the second largest aquaculture species by value ( Garlock et al, 2020a , Garlock et al, 2020b ), and salmon is among the most traded fish species with the most advanced logistics ( Kumar and Engle, 2016 ; Asche and Smith, 2018 ; Cojocaru et al, 2021 ; Gephart et al, 2021 ). Norway exports >95% of its salmon production, with firms tending to focus on a few markets or regions ( Gaasland et al, 2020 ; Oglend et al, 2022 ) and a significant share is processed further after leaving Norway ( Asche et al, 2018 ; Asche et al, 2022a , Asche et al, 2022b ). Overall, the impact of Covid measures on the Norwegian salmon industry has been moderate.…”

High-resolution app data reveal sustained increases in recreational fishing effort in Europe during and after COVID-19 lockdowns

“…In many cases, the slowing of human activities, coined the "Anthropause" (1), had positive effects on nature through reduced traffic (2,3), noise and other pollution (4,5), airspace fragmentation and human activity in coastal areas (6-8) (but see Bates et al (9) for the full range of impacts). There is also evidence that the Anthropause had a positive effect on marine fishes (10,11) through reductions in small-scale (12)(13)(14)(15) and, to a lesser degree, large-scale commercial fisheries (16). Commercial seafood catches in the US alone were estimated to be 40% lower in 2020 compared to 2019 (17).…”