The silent suffering of fishes on European fish farms
Published in collaboration with Compassion in World Farming, this investigation reveals farming and slaughter practices that cause enormous suffering to millions of fishes in the EU. On the trout, sea bass and sea bream farms we visited, animals are forced to live in barren and overcrowded tanks, are moved at high speed using pumps, and are often left out of water for endless minutes. Also, stunning and killing methods are used ineffectively, meaning that many die after prolonged suffering, and others are still alive during the packaging operations. Read more