After more than two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold, Maritime Studies (MAST) presents a compilation of 14 articles that provide unique insights into a marine world profoundly affected by both the pandemic as such, and the often drastic restrictions put in place to curb it. Together, the articles enable a comparison across geographical regions across the globe and offer timely theoretical as well as practical reflections. The special issue is edited by MARE board members Per Knutsson (University of Gothenburg) and Maarten Bavinck (University of Amsterdam).
- Impacts of COVID-19 on people and sea: marine social science imaginations
P. Knutsson & M. Bavinck - Covid-19 and Sargassum blooms: impacts and social issues in a mass tourism destination (Mexican Caribbean)
J. Fraga & D. Robledo - Aquaculture-capture fisheries nexus under Covid-19: impacts, diversity, and socio-ecological resilience
A. Olivera Manlosa, A. Hornidge & A. Schlüter - COVID-19, instability and migrant fish workers in Asia
A. Marschke, P. Vandergeest, E. Havice, A. Kadfak, P. Duker, I. Isopescu & M. MacDonnel - COVID-19 and European maritime futures: different pathways to deal with the pandemic
J.P. van Tatenhove - Plagues, past, and futures for the Yagan canoe people of Cape Horn, southern Chile
G. Blanco-Wells, M. Libuy, A. Harambour & K. Rodríguez - Outlining the Challenges of COVID-19 Health Crises in Africa’s Maritime Industry: The case of Maritime Operations in Marine Warranty Surveying Practice
A.D. Sackey, B. Tchouangeup, B.L. Lamptey, B. van der Merwe, R. Ofosu-Dua Lee, R. Mensah, M. Chantiwuni Fuseini & A. Dede Sackey - Stakeholder Engagement vs. Social Distancing – How does the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect Participatory Research in EU Marine Projects?
V. Köpsel, G. de Moura Kipper & M.A. Peck - Assessing COVID-19’s “known unknowns”: potential impacts on marine plastic pollution and fishing in the South China Sea
M. Haezle - Nourishing Nations during Pandemics: Why Prioritize Fish Diets and Aquatic Foods in Africa
A. Khan, S.M. Ahmed, C. Sarr, Y. Kabore, G. Kahasha, L. Bangwe, W. Odhiambo, N. Gahunga, B. Mclean, H. Diop, H. Moepi, M. Seisay, A. Tall, E. Dejen, M. Hlatshawayo, A. Lartey, P. Sanginga, N. Gueye, A. Amousso, A. Bamba, M. Hambayi, A. Kamal-Deen, H. Karisa, B. Fregene, V. Siamudaala & S Haraksingh Thilsteld - Learning from COVID-19? A network and flows perspective on dynamic vulnerabilities in coastal tourism settings
M. Lamers, J. Student - Ethical reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic in the global seafood industry: navigating diverse scales and contexts of marine values and identities
M.E. Lam - A Comparative Study of Small-Scale Fishery Supply Chains’ Vulnerability and Resilience to COVID-19
H. Basset, S. Sharan, S.K. Suri, S. Advani & C. Giordano - Fishing during the “new normality”: social and economic changes in Galapagos small-scale fisheries due to the COVID-19 pandemic
C. Viteri Mejía, G. Rodriguéz, M.K. Tanner, J. Ramírez-González, N. Moity, S. Andrade, M. José Barragán Paladines, R. Cáceres, M. Castrejón & J. Pittman - Shored curfews: Constructions of pandemic islandness in contemporary Sri Lanka
V. Godamunne, A.J. Abdeen & R. Siriwardane-de Zoysa
