#Act4 Aquatics The opening of the exhibition will take place on Tuesday 12th November at 13:30 hrs. Invitation to the exhibition "Think you know fish?" 7 November 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Following a decade-long PETA effort and urging from tens of thousands of PETA supporters, Walmart is ending the sale of live fish. Walmart ends live fish sales 24 October 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The Scottish Government defied concerted pleas by salmon farming multinationals to keep photos of diseased and damaged fish secret, according to internal emails. Scottish Government rejects industry pleas on sick salmon photos 24 October 2019
#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