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With the blue economy among the hardest hit sectors by the covid-19 pandemic, the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has come up with 12 action-plan to revive it after the pandemic.

“Countries should introduce sanitary and social safety readiness and adaption plans for most vulnerable key Blue economy workers in tourism, maritime transport, fisheries and seafood processing.

Countries, the report said, must also design and implement rescue package for vulnerable populations in blue economy sectors and actors.

The agency projected that it could take between ten months and two years for travel and coastal tourism, which is one of the key blue economy sectors to recover, once the Covid-19 pandemic is over.

“Blue economy sectors such as tourism and travel, maritime transport, fisheries and seafood production are heavily impacted by the pandemic.