The results of two-year study designed to identify and strengthen best practices for animal welfare in aquaculture has been published by The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) today.
The completion of the study signifies a milestone in a multi-phase project that began in December 2017 when GAA was awarded a $435,000 grant from the Open Philanthropy Project.
For this phase of the project, University of Stirling researchers reviewed existing best practices in animal welfare in aquaculture, focusing on salmon as a model species. Called “Farmed Fish Welfare Practices: Salmon Farming as a Case Study” and authored by Sonia Rey, David Little and Maureen Ellis, the study looked at the factors that lead to poor animal welfare, including stocking density, water flow, water quality, vaccination and grading, handling, transport, parasites and diseases, and humane slaughter.
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