On the 21st January 2025, representatives from the aquaculture industry and animal protection organisations united in the Scottish Parliament to discuss the disparity between the legal protections for farmed fish and farmed land animals, and what the Scottish government can do about it.
Today, representatives from leading retailers, industry, lawyers, experts, and animal advocates united in Parliament to discuss the need for the UK Governments to enact species-specific legislation for farmed fish at the time of slaughter.
Today (Thursday 28th September) Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the publication of the ‘Update to the 2014 FAWC Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing’ by the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC).
Today (Tuesday 21st March), The Humane League UK, Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF), Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), RSPCA and Soil Association organised a parliamentary reception to highlight a lack of legal protection for farmed fish at the time of their slaughter in the UK.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed a session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare focussed on increasing welfare protection for farmed fish. The purpose of the meeting was to consider current protections for farmed fish, including the effectiveness of voluntary schemes, and whether action needs to be taken by industry and government.
The report, ‘Cleaner Fish – the millions of hidden casualties of the salmon industry’, spotlights the use of lumpfish and wrasse species as cleaning tools to consume sea lice on salmon farms, primarily in Scotland
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) and Animal Equality UK have published a joint report, ‘The Case for Regular Inspections and Mandatory CCTV in Fish Slaughterhouses.’
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has today welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will become the first country to ban the import and sale of shark fins.
Lorraine Platt, Co-Founder of CAWF, was delighted to join the Catholic Concern for Animal’s excellent Fish and Marine Welfare conference in January.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation launches its new Fish Welfare report. The UK was one of the first countries to introduce animal welfare legislation. However, fish have typically been left out of this progress.