The Center for Responsible Seafood (TCRS), a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.-based nonprofit, has received a USD 1.1 ...

More than two trillion fish are killed for food each year—yet the pain they may experience in their final moments has been mostly overlooked by science and regulation. Now, a new peer-reviewed study ...

Information on slaughter procedures for farmed fish in aquaculture is limited, both in Europe and in Italy, due to a general lack of field data. The aim of this study was to gather information on the ...

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food production sector globally, supplying more than half of the fish and seafood ...

A recent study published in Cambridge University’s Animal Welfare journal (Mood et al., 2023) estimates the number of farmed fishes slaughtered for food in global aquaculture from 1990 to 2019. The ...

While labels like “grass-fed” beef and “cage-free” eggs dominate grocery store shelves, consider: What equivalent do we have for fish? Public awareness of fish welfare standards remains notably scarce ...

A new study in Scientific Reports reveals the hidden pain of fish during slaughter and offers practical solutions to improve their welfare. Focusing on rainbow trout, the research quantifies pain in ...

Animal rights activists consider this policy to be a cornerstone of animal welfare' - Emily Holts guides us through the unprecedented changes to animal safeguarding law proposed by DEFRA.