Nov. 15, 2024

One risk of the catching process is FatigueExhaustion. In an attempt to escape capture, aquatic animals may struggle and resist until they are exhausted. This can occur during prospecting, after [..]

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Nov. 15, 2024

The Carefish/Catch project aims to assess animal welfare impacts in fisheries, identifying potential ways to reduce suffering during the catching process. As part of this initiative, the catch branch of the fair-fish database expands its scope from aquaculture to include fisheries.

Each profile in this branch evaluates the welfare risks associated with every step of the catching process. One of these risks is Fatigue/Exhaustion. In an attempt to escape capture, aquatic animals may struggle and resist until they are exhausted. This can occur during prospecting, after slipping, or during emersion, for example.

If you are interested, please access the database and check the catch profiles .

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Our goals

The welfare of wild-caught fishes has been overlooked in practice, research, advocacy, and policy. The Carefish/catch project aims to promote better fishing standards, by addressing 5 main goals:

  • assess global animal welfare impacts in fisheries
  • identify the potential of reducing animal suffering in various fishing methods and species
  • analyse the economic and social feasibility of the improvements suggested
  • raise problem and solution awareness in general and specific audiences
  • implement welfare guidelines into the Friend of the Sea fisheries certification scheme

Our outreach

To establish welfare standards in fisheries, we devise assessments to identify keypoints of welfare hazards and suggest improvements to reduce suffering of individuals in specific fishing methods.

Our welfare assessment reports in fisheries:

Some Summer Shoal 2023 event participants formulated their thoughts and ideas for better fish welfare. The result is an informal yet substantial collection of suggestions, principles, goals, and insights in twelve essays, the Whitepaper on Fish Welfare , released in August 2024.

 
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