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The fisheries of Timor-Leste: A 4-year time series analysis covering the COVID-19 pandemic

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Title The fisheries of Timor-Leste: A 4-year time series analysis covering the COVID-19 pandemic
 
Creator Veillat, Sarah
Tilley, Alexander
Dos Reis Lopes, Joctan
Cagua, Fernando
Longobardi, Lorenzo
Kolding, Jeppe
 
Subject small island developing states
covid-19
fish
time series
information and communication techology
small-scale fishers
nutrition, health and food security
poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
 
Description The time series of data used encompasses the COVID-19 pandemic, and our findings suggest that SSF in
Timor-Leste were fairly resilient to the impact. Although they experienced a decline in the market value of
the catch, it does not appear to have been as influential as in other countries, where decreases in fishing
effort were seen. It is possible that the limited export of aquatic foods from Timor-Leste, and its modest
tourism sector, sheltered the fisheries from shocks seen in the fishing sector of other nations. This reflects the persistence of SSF to generate food and income where formal markets and global supply chains are extremely limited. With increasing attention and investment in the country’s fisheries sector to achieve national development goals, it will be critical to consider if modernization and a focus on increasing production will benefit those with the most pressing food and nutritional needs, as well as environmental sustainability. This report provides a benchmark against which to track the progress and development of the fisheries sector in Timor-Leste, and serves as a case study for low-cost digital monitoring of fisheries in data-deficient scenarios.
 
Date 2022-12-31
2023-01-25T16:35:30Z
2023-01-25T16:35:30Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Veillat SJ, Tilley A, Dos Reis Lopes J, Cagua EF, Longobardi L and Kolding J. 2022. The fisheries of Timor-Leste: A 4-year time series analysis covering the COVID-19 pandemic. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish. Program Report: 2023-01.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128230
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher WorldFish