Happiness aboard the world's ships is down across the board, Mission to Seafarers director of advocacy Ben Bailey said at the Connecticut Maritime Association conference Wednesday afternoon.

Giving attendees a preliminary look into the organization’s Happiness Index for the first quarter of 2019, Bailey reported drops in overall happiness, connectivity, diet and exercise and shoreside welfare facilities.

“Worryingly since the relaunch of the index [early last year], the general happiness has fallen, and it’s slowly declined,” Bailey said.