Coping with Covid: The Rapid spread of Covid-19 has introduced multiple challenges in the lives of small-scale fishers in Indonesia

Supriadi Adhuri, Dedhi (2020) Coping with Covid: The Rapid spread of Covid-19 has introduced multiple challenges in the lives of small-scale fishers in Indonesia. Yemaya (61). pp. 12-13. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic that affected Indonesia in early March 2020 has impacted coastal communities, fisher households and fisher women. Information collected by women fisher activists in 12 provinces revealed that the pandemic has dealt a serious blow to fishing activities. It started with significant decreases in demand followed by significant decreases in fish prices. Reports from various provinces found that the price of fish dropped as low as 50 percent. In fact, in some cases no one was buying the fish at all. With this, there was no incentive for fishers to go fishing as the risk was too high. Additionally, since their savings were used for daily consumption, at the end of the day, fishers were left with no capital to go fishing anymore.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM533
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Indonesia, Small-scale Fisheries, Covid, Fish Trade, Coastal Communities, Livelihoods
Subjects:	Disasters and Climate Change
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2021 06:36
Last Modified:	30 May 2022 07:05
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1099

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