# Aquafeed.com |
   

   
    Coronavirus pandemic to hit the aquaculture industry hard

> The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting aquaculture, with fishers kept in port and reduced consumer demand for farmed seafood. Peru, India and Mauritius have seen fishmeal and fish oil production curtailed by lockdowns, and little production is expected in India in 2020.

- Date: 2020-04-02 · published 2020-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53730-aquafeed-com-coronavirus-pandemic-to-hit-the-aquaculture-industry-hard
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lockdown-driven production losses in Peru, India and Mauritius tighten global fishmeal supply, which is bullish for fishmeal prices and pressures feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- aquafeed.com: https://www.aquafeed.com/newsroom/news/coronavirus-pandemic-to-hit-the-aquaculture-industry-hard/

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