The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, is expected to have a long-term impact on China’s seafood sector as everything from aquaculture to processing is being affected by labor shortages and wary Chinese consumers.
The Chinese government has mounted a major propaganda offensive this week to convince seafood processing factories to recommence work, with good news stories appearing in local media nationwide of workers arriving back at factories.
One such story centered around trawler crew and processing workers arriving at the Cangnan port near the city of Wenzhou to a televised welcome party with banners and distribution of free masks and vitamin supplements…
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