Health & Welfare
Study: 83% of southern Europeans support humane fish slaughter
Most southern Europeans support humane fish slaughter, underscoring the value of animal welfare for Greece’s aquaculture industry.
Innovation & Investment
Responsible Aquaculture Innovation Award Finalist: Tiny Fish finds value-added products for small fish
Responsible Aquaculture Innovation Award Finalist Tiny Fish humanely harvests farmed fish, deemed too small for grow-out, for nutritional purposes.
Health & Welfare
New Tesco seafood procurement policy addresses welfare of farmed decapod crustaceans
Tesco has implemented a new procurement policy aimed at improving the welfare of farmed decapod crustaceans like shrimp.
Health & Welfare
Greek aquaculture company installs humane fish stunner for sea bass, sea bream and pagrus
Installation of humane fish stunner from Ace Aquatec yields ‘transformative’ results for the Mediterranean aquaculture company, Philosofish.
Health & Welfare
Trailer-mounted fish stunner ‘transforms’ operations for Australian Murray Cod producer
Aquna Sustainable Murray Cod report a "vast improvement" in welfare and efficiency since installing a trailer-mounted in-water fish stunner.
Innovation & Investment
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award 2019 finalist: Ace Aquatec
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award finalist Ace Aquatec’s Humane Stunner Universal easily renders fish unconscious for a more humane slaughter process.
Health & Welfare
Fish producers benefit from humane slaughter techniques
EU legislation requires farmed fish be spared unnecessary pain, distress or suffering at slaughter, and efficient manual and automated systems have been developed to help achieve this goal. What’s more, longer shelf life and improved flesh quality have been reported.