The Effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak on the Fisheries Sector and Precautions for the Prevention of Contamination of the Fishery Products

Abstract

Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has mutated and continues to be contagious, even though it has been more than a year since it was first appeared. The precautions should be taken for the prevention of the contamination of the COVID-19. We also should be careful against COVID-19, which has no definitive treatment until this day whereas vaccine studies has been going on, recently. A compilation study has been prepared within the scope of the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on the fisheries sector and the precautions for the prevention of the contamination of the COVID-19 onto the fishery products. This study was summarized as follows: the definition and symptoms of the COVID-19, the effects of the COVID-19 onto the fisheries and aquaculture industries, the effects of COVID-19 onto the seafood processing sector, the precautions to be taken in the processing factories for the prevention of the contamination of the COVID-19, the resistance of COVID-19 to the processing technologies, the importance of hygienic rules, the development of the innovative technologies to eliminate the COVID-19 and the studies on this subject have been discussed. As a result, COVID-19 is a human-transmitted virus, so hygiene and sanitation rules should be followed for the prevention of the contamination of the COVID-19 from humans to the foods and aquatic products, as well as the precautions should be taken necessary to the prevention of the contamination. For this purpose, the development of the new techniques and methods, the development of the antivirals packaging materials that inhibit the prevention of the contamination, non-processed and ready to eat foods and fishery products should be sold certainly within the packages, the controls of these products should be done more frequently, the importance should be given for the development of the new and safety food and fishery products and also the studies about this subject should require to be supported.