| However, Compassion has investigated the welfare standards of these schemes and found that many of the fish they certify can lead miserable lives in overcrowded tanks and cages or endure prolonged and painful deaths. |
The barbaric practices allowed by some of these schemes include:
| ■ | Starving fish for up to 14 days |
| ■ | Overcrowding fish into small tanks or sea cages |
| ■ | Inflicting a slow, painful death without adequate stunning |
| ■ | Shooting wild seals and harming dolphins |
We cannot allow this cruelty to continue.
The five certification bodies tend to focus on the sustainability of fish stocks and the environment – which is, of course, extremely important work.
But fish welfare is equally important. Currently, some schemes have no welfare protections in place at all. You can help show them that this must change – that, just as we will not stand for practices that threaten fish stocks and harm our planet, we also will not stand for animal cruelty.
| If we can persuade certification schemes to improve their standards, they can use their power to help change laws that are currently failing to protect fish welfare.You have the power, today, to speak directly to the leaders of these certification bodies and urge them to join our call to end cruelty.Please write to the CEOs of the schemes below to encourage them to introduce, or strengthen, their welfare standards for farmed and wild caught fish. |
| ■Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)■Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)■Friend of the Sea■Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)■GLOBAL G.A.P |