Fish welfare: an NGO’s point of view

Q2 Social Sciences Derecho Animal Pub Date : 2019-11-04 DOI:10.5565/rev/da.462
Elena Lara, N. Boyland
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Fish are the most exploited, forgotten and misunderstood animals on the planet. They also are extraordinary creatures: complex, intelligent, sensitive, curious, and some of them have amazing abilities. For instance; some use tools, have a good memory, or collaborate to hunt. And most importantly, they are sentient, and they feel pain. Aquaculture has become the main supplier of fish worldwide, accounting for just over half of the fish eaten by humans due to static global wild-capture stocks, which have been overfished for decades. Also, global consumption of fish has doubled since the early 1970s and will continue to grow with population growth in the developing world. However, the aquaculture industry has developed without proper consideration of the needs of the fish species farmed, and the welfare consequences for those animals. Moreover, the rapid growth of aquaculture has raises major sustainability concerns due to its continued reliance on wild-caught fish. Annually, 0.5-1.0 trillion fish are caught to be reduced to ingredients to feed farmed animals, mainly fish. When considering the negative environmental consequences of using wild-caught fish as feed, we must not overlook the huge animal welfare impact that represents for the huge number of animals involved. Compassion in World Farming is working to raise awareness about fish sentience and the welfare problems that aquaculture industry represents for fish welfare. The way that fish are treated is important and we must do it better.
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鱼类福利:一个非政府组织的观点
鱼是地球上最受剥削、最被遗忘、最被误解的动物。它们也是非凡的生物:复杂、聪明、敏感、好奇,其中一些还拥有惊人的能力。例如;有些人使用工具,记忆力很好,或者合作狩猎。最重要的是,它们是有知觉的,它们能感觉到疼痛。水产养殖已成为世界范围内鱼类的主要供应来源,由于几十年来过度捕捞的全球野生捕捞存量不变,水产养殖占人类食用鱼类的一半以上。此外,自20世纪70年代初以来,全球鱼类消费量翻了一番,并将随着发展中国家人口的增长而继续增长。然而,水产养殖业的发展没有适当考虑养殖鱼类的需要以及对这些动物的福利后果。此外,水产养殖业的快速增长引起了人们对可持续性的重大关注,因为它继续依赖野生捕捞的鱼类。每年有0.5-1.0万亿条鱼被捕获,并被加工成饲料喂养养殖动物,主要是鱼。在考虑使用野生鱼类作为饲料的负面环境后果时,我们不能忽视对大量动物的巨大动物福利影响。世界农业同情组织正在努力提高人们对鱼类感知和水产养殖业对鱼类福利所代表的福利问题的认识。处理鱼的方式很重要,我们必须做得更好。
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Derecho Animal
Derecho Animal Social Sciences-Law
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