Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
(asked on 21st February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to enhance protections for farmed fish at slaughter; and if so, when.
This question was answered on 6th March 2023
We published a comprehensive Action Plan for Animal Welfare in May 2021. In support of this work, we have asked the Animal Welfare Committee to update its 2014 Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing; recommendations are due shortly and we will study them carefully to determine next steps.