May 3, 2024

Our researchers are now boarding longline fishing vessels to assess behavioral indicators and collect blood samples from the fishes to evaluate their stress responses. It has been a challenge, [..]

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May 3, 2024

Carefish/catch aims to assess animal welfare impacts in fisheries, thus identifying the potential for reducing fish suffering in various fishing methods and considering several fished species.

Our researchers are now boarding longline fishing vessels to assess behavioral indicators and collect blood samples from the fishes to evaluate their stress responses. It has been a challenge, because the boat for this type of fishing is very small!

Longline fishing is a method that utilizes a long main line with multiple baited hooks attached at intervals via short branch lines. Such long line can be set by means of an anchor (demersal longlining) or left to drift (pelagic longlining).

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Our goals

The welfare of wild-caught fish 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 reports

One important objective of the project is to identify keypoints of welfare hazards and suggest improvements to reduce suffering of individuals in specific fishing methods. This would enable the establishment of welfare standards into the fisheries sector throughout a series of recommendations and guidelines to be implemented into fisheries certifications.

Our welfare assessment reports in fisheries:

 
fair-fish international
Talweg 159
8610 Uster
Switzerland
 
Tel. +41 79 255 61 77
mail@carefish.net