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Animal Welfare Issues in Capture-Based Aquaculture
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Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Universitetsalléen 11, 8026 Bodø, Norway
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BioVivo Tech AS, Stobjørnen 17, 8029 Bodø, Norway
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Academic Editor: Cosmas Nathanailides
Received: 22 February 2021
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Revised: 23 March 2021
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Accepted: 25 March 2021
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Published: 30 March 2021
Simple Summary
Aquaculture is about farming aquatic animals in certain facilities, in order to meet the global demand for aquatic animal products. However, reproduction and raising of all commercially important aquatic animals under farming conditions are not always feasible or cost-effective. Thus, for some fish and shellfish species, a system that relies on the collection of wild individuals, at various life stages and rearing in controlled facilities, has been employed. These animals, however, are not products of a lengthy domestication process and thus are not used to the artificial environment of the fish farms. The way they respond to the various stressful conditions might be different, compared to the domesticated fish. Therefore, we have to make sure that we use the appropriate rearing methods, for the entire time, so that their impact on the fish welfare is minimized. Apart from the moral obligations, this will also increase the profitability of the activity.