The Repercussions of the Corona Virus Pandemic (Covid-19) on the Economic and Social Conditions of Workers in the Fish Resources Sector, as Viewed by Experts and Specialists

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Fish extension, fish and fisheries technology. Aswan university, Aswan

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This research aimed to identify the repercussions of the corona pandemic on the economic and social conditions of workers in the fish resources sector as viewed by experts and specialists. Field data were collected within the governorates of Aswan and Dakahlia using a personal interview questionnaire during January 2022, for a simple random sample of experts and specialists according to Cochran's equation. Frequencies, percentages, actual range, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, relative weight, and Mann-Whitney test were used to analyze the data and present the results through the SPSS program, the most important results: That the social conditions of workers in the fish sector were more affected by the repercussions of the Corona pandemic compared to the economic conditions, and that the relative importance of the repercussions of the Corona pandemic on the economic and social conditions of workers in the fish sector was of medium importance, according to the opinions of the experts and specialists, and the results also showed that there were no significant differences between the average ranks of the opinions of experts and specialists towards the repercussions of the Corona virus pandemic on the economic and social conditions of workers in the fish resources.
 

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