#Act4 Aquatics It’s a notion that has made headlines several times over the past few years: Fish feel pain, and the way we catch and kill them for food may actually be cruel. Fish should be part of the animal welfare conversation 21 October 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The welfare of fish in aquaculture is of increasing public concern in Europe and thus of growing importance for fish farmers. New FAO Report addresses welfare of fish in aquaculture 12 October 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Government investigations into alleged animal cruelty after scarred, frayed and lice-infested salmon were filmed at a fish farm on the island of Lewis were a “whitewash”, according to a new report. In Scotland official inspections of lice-ridden salmon farm slammed as ‘whitewash’ 22 September 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Suspiciously high mortality levels of Norwegian juvenile salmon were found in the report produced by Dyrevernalliansen and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute earlier this month. DYREVERNALLIANSEN: New report reveals high mortality of hatched salmon in Norway 16 September 2019 Dyrevernalliansen
#Act4 Aquatics Fish farming has become an important source of high-quality protein. But aquaculture farmers often suffer high losses. Fish farmers can test water quality in real time thanks to new EU-funded app 5 September 2019
#Act4 Aquatics A project that aims to determine the optimal water conditions for treating salmon with gill health issues has been launched by a consortium of Scottish aquaculture experts today. Turning ill health to gill health 28 August 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Animal welfare groups highlight practice that forces a fish’s gills open and prolongs its suffocation to keep it fresh for longer Spotlight on tethering of live fish 19 August 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The concept of fish welfare is fairly recent and was overlooked for many years, based on a popular misconception that fish were “stupid” creatures devoid of any kind of sentience or mental capability. Welfare of fish—no longer the elephant in the room 27 July 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The EU announced Tuesday (23 July) an immediate ban on fishing cod, the staple of Britain’s fish and chips, in most of the Baltic Sea in response to an impending stock collapse. EU bans cod fishing in Baltic Sea 24 July 2019
#Act4 Aquatics More than one in five freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction according to naturalists. A poor state of conservation which has worsened over the past ten years. Study shows more than 1 in 5 freshwater fish species are threatened by extinction 18 July 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Nearly 200 fish farms are allowed to use a carcinogenic chemical called formaldehyde which is used to embalm corpses, The Ferret reveals. Scottish fish farms using cancer-linked embalming fluid as disinfectant 30 June 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry is devastating the seas and earning immense profits perverting food chains in multiple deviant ways New report shows how the fishmeal and fish oil industry threatens West African fish stocks 24 June 2019