As distressing as the pandemic is, economic losses from the climate crisis are worse, according to a survey of seafood farmers around the world.
Almost all (92 percent) of 585 seafood farmers surveyed reported being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but at the same time 83 percent said their businesses were hit harder by human-induced environmental stressors. These include low oxygen (hypoxia) in estuaries and coastal waters, pollution, harmful algae, eutrophication and salinity changes – all known to be induced by human activity…