Fish Welfare

Fish Welfare
Edward Branson (Editor)
Hardcover
316 pages
December 2007

Fish have the same stress response and powers of nociception as mammals. Their behavioural responses to a variety of situations suggest a considerable ability for higher level neural processing - a level of consciousness equivalent perhaps to that attributed to mammals.

Each chapter of this book has been written by specialists in their field. The subject matter is wide ranging and covers in detail concepts of animal welfare in addition to more specific aspects of fish welfare. Philosophical concepts of welfare are discussed along with more practical areas of fish welfare encompassing all husbandry and management activities that have a potential to affect the welfare of the fish in our care.

This book is an essential purchase for fish veterinarians, fish farmers, fish biologists and those involved in the aquaculture industry and its regulation.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
E J Branson & P J Southgate.
Part 1: General Fish Welfare.
Chapter 1 What is animal welfare?.
A B Lawrence.
Chapter 2 Welfare and fish.
F A Huntingford & S Kadri.
Chapter 3 The stress response in fish - mechanisms, effects and measurement.
T G Pottinger.
Chapter 4 Pain and fear in fish.
P J Ashley & L U Sneddon.
Chapter 5 Can fish suffer?.
V A Braithwaite & P Boulcott.
Chapter 6 Welfare legislation applying to farmed fish in UK.
A Voas.
Part 2: Aquaculture and fish welfare.
Chapter 7 Fish farmer’s perspective of welfare.
N Read.
Chapter 8 Stocking density.
J F Turnbull, B P North, T Ellis, C E Adams, J Bron, C MacIntyre & F A Huntingford.
Chapter 9 Fin erosion in farmed fish.
T Ellis, B Oidtmann, S St-Hilaire, J F Turnbull, B P North, C M MacIntyre, J Nikolaidis, S C Kestin, T Knowles & I Hoyle.
Chapter 10 The influences of water quality on the welfare of farmed rainbow trout: a review.
C M MacIntyre, T Ellis, B P North & J F Turnbull.
Chapter 11 Welfare of fish during transport.
P J Southgate.
Chapter 12 Disease control, vaccination and medicine availability related to welfare.
T Wall.
Chapter 13 Deformities.
T Turnbull & E J Branson.
Chapter 14 Welfare of Fish at Harvest.
D H F Robb.
Chapter 15 The use of stakeholders focus groups to identify indicators for the on-farm assessment of trout welfare.
B P North, T Ellis, J Bron, T G Knowles & J F Turnbull.
Part 3: Ornamental fish and welfare.
Chapter 16 The welfare of ornamental fish.
C Walster