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    Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4490

    Physical distancing and risk of COVID-19 in small-scale fisheries: A remote sensing assessment in coastal Ghana

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    • The novel coronavirus is predicted to have dire implications on global food systems including fisheries value chains due to restrictions imposed on human movements in many countries. In Ghana, food production, both agriculture and fisheries, is exempted from restrictions as an essential service. The enforcement of COVID-19 prevention protocols, particularly social distancing, has been widely reported in Ghana’s agricultural markets whereas casual observations and media reports on fish landing sites suggest no such enforcements are in place. This study aimed to provide sound scientific evidence as a basis for informed policy direction and intervention for the artisanal fishing sector in these challenging times. We employed an unmanned aerial vehicle in assessing the risk of artisanal fishers to the pandemic using physical distancing as a proxy. From analysis of cumulative distribution function (G-function) of the nearest-neighbour distances, this study underscored crowding at all surveyed fish landing beaches, and identified potential “hotspots” for disease transmission. Aerial measurements taken at times of peak landing beach activity indicated that the highest proportion of people, representing 56%, 48%, 39% and 78% in Elmina, Winneba, Apam and Mumford respectively, were located at distances of less than one metre from their nearest neighbour. Risk of crowding was independent of the population at the landing beaches, suggesting that all categories of fish landing sites along the coast would require equal urgency and measured attention towards preventing and mitigating the spread of the disease.
    • External link to download this item: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79898-4
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    Date
    • 2020
    Author
    • Okyere, I.
    • Ekumah, B.
    • Chuku, E.
    • Angnuureng, D.
    • Boakye-Appiah, J.
    • Mills, D.J.
    • Babanawo, R.
    • Asare, N.
    • Aheto, D.
    • Crawford, B.
    Author(s) ORCID(s)
    • David Jonathan Millshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0181-843X
    Subject(s)
    • coronavirus; value-chains; food-production; physical distancing; Fish
    AGROVOC Keywords
    • policies; risk assessment; food systems; small-scale fisheries; unmanned aerial vehicles; covid-19
    Type
    • Journal Article
    Publisher
    • Springer Nature
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