ReviewScience advances2021
Animal welfare risks of global aquaculture.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Glucocorticoids in relation to behavior, morphology, and physiology as proxy indicators for the assessment of animal welfare. A systematic mapping review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Pooled it
- Immune-antioxidant potential, splenic cytokines regulation, and tissue architecture restoration by grape seed oil nanoemulsion in Nile tilapia subjected to acrylamide toxicity.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2026Article
- Regional brain serotonergic activity as an indicator of chronic stress and compromised welfare in fish.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Assessing Perceptions Toward Aquatic Animal Welfare: A Study on the Perspectives of Educators, Students and Aquaculture Industry Stakeholders in South and South-Central Vietnam.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Unstable supply and future shortages of wild forage fish heighten risks to global fed aquaculture production.Nature food · 2025Article
- A functional framework for a comprehensive study of welfare in fishes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Knowledge, attitude, and implementation of animal welfare among duck farmers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: The role of farmers' characteristics.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- The welfare of farmed Nile tilapia: a review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- The Political Salience of Animal Protection in the Republic of Ireland (2011-2020): What Do Irish Political Parties Pledge on Animal Welfare and Wildlife Conservation?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Global sustainability assessment of cephalopod fisheries based on pressure-state-response framework.iScience · 2024Article
- Why aquaculture may not conserve wild fish.Science advances · 2024Review
- Remote sensing and computer vision for marine aquaculture.Science advances · 2024Article
- Disaggregating animal welfare risks in aquaculture.Science advances · 2024Article
- Feeding global aquaculture.Science advances · 2024Review
- Effects of poultry by-product meal and complete replacement of fish oil with alternative oils on growth performance and gut health of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a FEEDNETICS™ validation study.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Metabolic Rate of Goldfish (Biology · 2024Article
- Effects of Dietary Plant Protein Replacement with Insect and Poultry By-Product Meals on the Liver Health and Serum Metabolites of Sea Bream (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Review
- Estimating global numbers of fishes caught from the wild annually from 2000 to 2019.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
The unprecedented growth of aquaculture involves well-documented environmental and public-health costs, but less is understood about global animal welfare risks. Integrating data from multiple sources, we estimated the taxonomic diversity of farmed aquatic animals, the number of individuals killed annually, and the species-specific welfare knowledge (absence of which indicates extreme risk). In 2018, FAO reported 82.12 million metric tons of farmed aquatic animals from six phyla and at least 408 species-20 times the number of species of farmed terrestrial animals. The farmed aquatic animal tonnage represents 250 to 408 billion individuals, of which 59 to 129 billion are vertebrates (e.g., carps, salmonids). Specialized welfare information was available for 84 species, only 30% of individuals; the remaining 70% either had no welfare publications or were of an unknown species. With aquaculture growth outpacing welfare knowledge, immediate efforts are needed to safeguard the welfare of high-production, understudied species and to create policies that minimize welfare risks.
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