Government committee calls for improved fish slaughtering standards

Government committee calls for improved fish slaughtering standards

Source: thefishsite

9/29/2023

Government committee calls for improved fish slaughtering standards

The report, published by the UK government’s Animal Welfare Committee, highlights the current lack of regulation around the slaughter of farmed fish in the UK, and calls for improved legal protection for fish during the slaughtering process.

Up to 77 million farmed fish are slaughtered each year in the UK and, despite being the second most farmed animals after chickens, there is little oversight of their welfare at slaughter and no legal provisions detailing how to minimise pain for fish at the point of slaughter.

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