Categories: News

Is there a nascent marine movement for the better treatment of fish?

For whatever reason—maybe because they aren’t cuddly—fish aren’t often considered in animal welfare discussions. Some advocates and scientists hope to change that and want to start with industrial fish farming, which may fly under the radar because it largely happens underwater and away from our notice. It’s currently acceptable to let fish suffocate on decks or be crammed into crowded tanks with poor water and ventilation. Yet there’s an emerging debate about whether fish feel pain and, if so, how the global seafood industry and those who eat them should rethink farming standards and treatment of these animals swimming through the supply chain. As one fish-righter told Vox, “We have a blank slate for this movement.”

Related Post
The Counter and The Counter
Share
Published by
The Counter and The Counter

Recent Posts

Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and agriculture vertical

Grist, an award-winning, nonprofit media organization dedicated to highlighting climate solutions and uncovering environmental injustices,…

6 months ago

Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?

Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse…

2 years ago

Your car is killing coho salmon

Highway 7 runs north-south through western Washington, carving its way through a landscape sparsely dotted…

2 years ago

The pandemic has transformed America’s dining landscape into an oligopoly dominated by chains 

One of the greatest pleasures I had as a child growing up in the Chicago…

2 years ago

California is moving toward food assistance for all populations—including undocumented immigrants

Undocumented immigrants experience food insecurity at much higher rates than other populations, yet they are…

2 years ago

Babka, borscht … and pumpkin spice? Two writers talk about Jewish identity through contemporary cookbooks.

Writer Charlotte Druckman and editor Rebecca Flint Marx are both Jewish journalists living in New…

3 years ago