Aquaculture
The aim of this review is to assess the ethical implications of aquaculture, regarding fish welfare and environmental aspects. The aquaculture industry has grown substantially the last decades, both as a result of the over-fishing of wild fish populations, and because of the increasing consumer dema...
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| Formato: | First cycle, G2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/1505/ |
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| author | Bergqvist, Jenny |
| author_browse | Bergqvist, Jenny |
| author_facet | Bergqvist, Jenny |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The aim of this review is to assess the ethical implications of aquaculture, regarding fish welfare and environmental aspects. The aquaculture industry has grown substantially the last decades, both as a result of the over-fishing of wild fish populations, and because of the increasing consumer demand for fish meat. As the industry is growing, a significant amount of research on the subject is being conducted, monitoring the effects of aquaculture on the environment and on animal welfare. The areas of concern when it comes to animal welfare have here been divided into four different stages: breeding period; growth period; capturing and handling; and slaughter. Besides these stages, this report includes a chapter on the current evidence of fish sentience, since this issue is still being debated among biologists. Although the existence of fish sentience is still debated, most biologists are at present acknowledging the probability of fish being sentient creatures of welfare concern. Current aquaculture practices are affecting fish welfare during all four of these stages, both on physical and mental levels, as well as on the ability of fish to carry out natural behaviours. The effect fish farming has on the environment is here separated into five different categories: the decline of wild fish populations; waste and chemical discharge; loss of habitat; spreading of diseases; and invasion of exotic organisms. There is evidence of severe negative effects on the environment when looking at these five categories, even when considering the difficulty of studying environmental effects, due to the closely interacting variables. |
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| id | RepoSLU1505 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | swe Inglés |
| publishDate | 2010 |
| publishDateSort | 2010 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU15052012-04-20T14:14:23Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/1505/ Aquaculture Bergqvist, Jenny Aquaculture production Animal husbandry The aim of this review is to assess the ethical implications of aquaculture, regarding fish welfare and environmental aspects. The aquaculture industry has grown substantially the last decades, both as a result of the over-fishing of wild fish populations, and because of the increasing consumer demand for fish meat. As the industry is growing, a significant amount of research on the subject is being conducted, monitoring the effects of aquaculture on the environment and on animal welfare. The areas of concern when it comes to animal welfare have here been divided into four different stages: breeding period; growth period; capturing and handling; and slaughter. Besides these stages, this report includes a chapter on the current evidence of fish sentience, since this issue is still being debated among biologists. Although the existence of fish sentience is still debated, most biologists are at present acknowledging the probability of fish being sentient creatures of welfare concern. Current aquaculture practices are affecting fish welfare during all four of these stages, both on physical and mental levels, as well as on the ability of fish to carry out natural behaviours. The effect fish farming has on the environment is here separated into five different categories: the decline of wild fish populations; waste and chemical discharge; loss of habitat; spreading of diseases; and invasion of exotic organisms. There is evidence of severe negative effects on the environment when looking at these five categories, even when considering the difficulty of studying environmental effects, due to the closely interacting variables. 2010-06-30 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/1505/1/bergqvist_j_100630.pdf Bergqvist, Jenny, 2010. Aquaculture : animal welfare, the environment, and ethical implications. First cycle, G2E. Skara: (VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-880.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-3-71 eng |
| spellingShingle | Aquaculture production Animal husbandry Bergqvist, Jenny Aquaculture |
| title | Aquaculture |
| title_full | Aquaculture |
| title_fullStr | Aquaculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aquaculture |
| title_short | Aquaculture |
| title_sort | aquaculture |
| topic | Aquaculture production Animal husbandry |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/1505/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/1505/ |