Internationally, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) is currently working to establish international accepted guidelines on welfare of fish at slaughter, killing for disposal and land/sea transport [ 1].
Mortality may extend 40% over a prolonged period, which in addition to downgrading of fish for slaughter may cause considerable economic losses in affected farms.
In the context of fish farming, this slaughter method is becoming less acceptable both from a welfare perspective and in terms of providing consistent and potentially improved flesh quality characteristics.
The trip was intended to publicize the plight of captive whales and the slaughter of dolphins by Japanese fishing fleets.
Many present commercial methods of slaughtering fish for food cause stress and aversive behaviour, which could be considered inhumane.
The film, directed by Louie Psihoyos, follows attempts by conservationists to record the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, a fishing town on Japan's Pacific coast.
When she learned the Commerce Department was permitting the slaughter of seals which interfered with fishing, she intervened with the fisheries commissioner to push for some legislative change: "It is difficult for me to believe that the protection of the fish requires the sacrifice of these seals".
We slaughter 65 billion domestic animals each year and many more billions of fish.
The raw materials for the fat and oil industry are animal by-products from the slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep; fatty fish and marine mammals; a few fleshy fruits (palm and olive); and various oilseeds.
page A20 FISH TO THE SLAUGHTER New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant has a lot of problems, including killing an excessive number of fish in the Hudson River.
