fair-fish projet in Senegal
presentation and latest update.Other fair-fish activities
Requests of fair-fish concerning the refom of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (December 31, 2009)
The starting point was the conviction that fish do feel pain. Find here
• summary of fair-fish principles to reduce pain in fish in fishing and farming activities,
• recommendations for good husbandry and the painless killing of farmed fish
• impacts of slaughtering methods on welfare and quality
• Critical comments on the draft of international standards for responsible Tilapia aquaculture by WWF
• Critical comments on the draft of international standards for responsible Pangasius aquaculture by WWF
• Critical comments on an AquaGAP draft by IMO
• Critical comments on the draft principles for responsible salmon farming by WWF
• Campaigning for farm fish welfare: The Swiss Melander case
fair-fish standards for fisheries
• Instructions for artisanal fishery in Senegal
• Complete standard in German or in
French
• certificat from SGS and
from Friend of the Sea
Low stress fishing method: Each fish gets stunned by a blow on his head with the fair-fish club as soon as taken off the water.
Immediately after stunning, the fish is killed by dissecting the main artery with a blade imbedded in the opposite end of the fair-fish club.