Subrat Naik

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted India’s Blue Economy, revealing vulnerabilities in marine industries such as fisheries, tourism, transport, and energy, and exacerbating existing coastal challenges. This perspective examines the multifaceted impacts of the pandemic on India’s Blue Economy, focusing on economic, ecological, and social dimensions. It suggests an integrated, multi-sectoral governance approach to foster post-pandemic resilience and sustainability.

Introduction Planktons are a group of aquatic organisms which comprise both phytoplankton and zooplankton (Sarker et al., 2020). Among the plankton community, phytoplankton are floating marine organisms and are considered as the primary input of energy for the oceanic ecosystem (Trefault et al., 2021). Phytoplankton serves as food for zooplankton and herbivore fish species.