Description: Fish welfare for wild-caught fish. Animal welfare aspects of commercial fishing. Towards more humane commercial fishing. Reducing suffering in fisheries. Welfare issues in fish farming.
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towards more humane commercial fishing
Animal welfare matters. All sentient animals used for food deserve compassion, and killing should be as humane as possible. The sentience of fish has huge ethical implications for the way they are caught and killed in fisheries. Credit: Fiona Ayerst.
Commercially-caught wild fish suffer slow and distressing deaths in huge numbers, estimated at 1-3 * trillion each year. Commercial fishing is therefore a major animal welfare issue.