Summary of the EU 2023 aquaculture survey
Published in 2023
Summary of a report on investigations carried out at four trout farms in Poland to document typical farming practices on trout farms. After providing an overview of trout farming in the EU, it identifies welfare and health hazards, poor handling techniques, and inefficient and painful slaughter systems. It recommends that regulations should be introduced for the rearing, transport and slaughter of each species of farmed fish, and that research should be encouraged to improve welfare in these species.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationship, Transport