Fish welfare in farms: potential, knowledge gaps and other insights from the fair-fish database.

ABSTRACT: An adequate understanding of fish behaviors and their interaction with farm-specific environments is pivotal for enhancing fish welfare in aquaculture. The fair-fish database aims to provide a consistent overview of the welfare of farmed fish. This platform consolidates ethological knowledge into profiles of farmed aquatic species. Its WelfareCheck profiles are organized around welfare indicators, with each criterion receiving classifications (no findings, unclear, low, medium, and high) regarding the likelihood and potential for individuals of a given species to experience good welfare in aquaculture systems, along with the associated certainty level. These criteria include home range, depth range, migration patterns, reproduction, aggregation patterns, aggressive behavior, substrate need

SUBMITTER: Maia CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11496955 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature