The COVID-19 as a Driver for Alternative Trade Networks in the Small-Scale Fisheries: Portugal as a Case Study
, Joana Soares 1,2, Emilio Salas-Leiton 1,2, Adriano Bordalo 1,2 and Sérgia Costa-Dias 1,2
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript highlights an emerging trend towards small-scale fisheries trade, originating from the covid-19 pandemic, is well written and in my opinion worth publishing.
I have only few suggestions:
References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text
Suggest the use of colour in Figures 2-8
Ln 115: How many questionares were collected?
It would be beneficial to the quality of the manuscript if you could incorporate any type of statistical comparisons in your results (chi square test or otherwise).
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Reviewer 2 Report
Although the title of the manuscript is interesting.However,authors failed to clearly present the relevant information.My first concern is the title.You must include Portugal as a case study as you focused on Portugal rather the worldwide facts(Introduction and methodology).Secondly,references are not cited in the manuscript as per Sustainability journal requirements.Please follow the guidelines. Very poor views of why your study is important.You must clearly state your goals and write the results based on your goals. Results are not written according to your aims. Methodology sections need a more elaborate explanation of how you conducted the research, how many respondents, what types of questions you asked the respondents, and whether you take the prior consent of the respondents? if yes, evidence is necessary.The results and discussion part are poorly written, Need special attention to organize according to your goals. You did not say anything about Small-scale fishery and artisanal fishery. You must define it first and be consistent to use only one. Further research and limitation of the study are missing. English must be checked with the help of a Native.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The manuscript of Costa et al entitled “Impact of COVID-19 on Small-Scale Fisheries Trade”.
Reflect the importance of virtual markets in overcoming some of the challenges triggered by the pandemic of Covid 2019.
The manuscript well written in a good scientific language, covering the recent published papers related to the effect of the pandemic on the e-commerce.
The title could be “The analysis of the changes in e-commerce of Small-Scale Fisheries as affected by Covid-2019”
Some results presented in the manuscript need statistical analysis to express the significant differences such as the results of the questioner.
Could you use color figures with SD if possible?
The format of the manuscript is incorrect, such Fig 8 also the general format should follow the MDPI template.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Improved a lot
