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It is not secret that many aspects of life have been considerably affected because of thepandemic, and theThe food industry has not been immune. If you had trouble findingfresh seafood During yourShopping trips recently or do not see any seafood option on theTake away menu of yourFavorite local restaurantsThere is a reason for that. You see, the fish industry has had a lot of struggles and you might not have as much access to fresh seafood right now.

So what exactly is happening?

Unfortunately,Small fishing boats and fish markets have taken the greatest success, with theOrganization of United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO)notification These are the areas most affected by the impact of coronavirus, economically.

See, supply chains around the world have been severely affected during this period, but small boats have particularly taken the world's largest success, which means that the markets they provide are uncertain. More than 90% of small-scale fishing vessels - who, if you think about it, there are virtually all parts of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea had to stop fishing completely because of the markets that simply do not work and The prices flourish on top of that.

It's not just the lack of open local markets that affect fish sales, but restaurants, hotels and catering also have globally stop operations. This means that there are fewer businesses open and offer to buy the fish. This also unfortunately resulted in an increase in waste.

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In San DiegoFishermen can not sell their fish to restaurants, as many are always closed. Although there are open institutions and offering a take-out footprint, seafood is not necessarily a popular take-out option. Fishermen therefore have nowhere to sell their fish. Direct selling to small market customers is the key to keeping business going, but that, as we know, it's a climb battle.

As Kathy Strangman, the Owner of the Sea of ​​San Diego Inc. explained, his source company and provides seafood with restaurants every week. And we are talking about tens of thousands of books here. But when coronavirus returned in March, his activities radically dropped to only hundreds of seafood books. She could not afford to stay open.

"Horrendous ... It was so humiliating. We are a small business, like a family, and have to give [my employees] that the package with unemployment information. It was really difficult because I think they knew it did not know it worked, but not so fast, "shenoted.

It will take time for the fish industry and those of the smaller fishing markets, rebounding. But withCompanies starting to reopenWe can only hope that the effects are felt earlier than later.