To better understand the potential effects on the blue economy and the environment, there is an urgent need to quantify the magnitude and patterns of the changes in human activities at sea. This unprecedented event, which has been referred to as the “anthropause”, a period of reduced human mobility 1, has led to sudden and often dramatic reductions in transport, energy consumption and consumer demand resulting in significant changes in the scale and extent of human stressors and their associated impacts on the natural environment 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as both a global health and socioeconomic crisis, with many countries implementing unparalleled mobility restrictions to control the spread of the virus.
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