Module 3: References and further reading

Algers, B. et al. (2009)  General approach to fish welfare and to the concept of sentience in fish: Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare, The EFSA Journal, 954(954), pp. 1–27. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.954

Botreau, R. et al. (2007) ‘Definition of criteria for overall assessment of animal welfare’, Animal Welfare, 16(2), pp. 225–228. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962728600031390

British International Investment. (n.d.). ESG Topics: Animal Welfare. Retrieved July 9, 2026, from https://toolkit.bii.co.uk/esg-topics/animal-welfare/
 

Brown, D. M. et al. (2008) Animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed Atlantic salmon - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare, The EFSA Journal. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.796.

Conte, F. S. (2004) ‘Stress and the welfare of cultured fish’, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 86(3–4), pp. 205–223. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.02.003.

Huntingford, F. A. et al. (2006) ‘Current issues in fish welfare’, Journal of Fish Biology, 68 (January), pp. 332–372. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.01046.x.

Noble, C. et al. (2018) Welfare Indicators for farmed Atlantic Salmon: tools for assessing fish welfare. https://www.hi.no/resources/forskningsgrupper--materiell/Fishwell-Welfare-Indicators-for-farmed-Atlantic-salmon-tools-for-assessing-fish-welfare.pdf

Noble, C., Abbink, W., Alvestad, R., Ardó, L., Bégout, M. L., Bloecher, N., Burgerhout, E., Calduch-Giner, J., Chivite-Alcalde, M., Císař, P., Durland, E., Espmark, Å. M., Falconer, L., Føre, M., Georgopoulou, D. G., Heia, K., Helberg, G. A. N., Izquierdo Gomez, D., Johansen, L. H., … Østbye, T. K. K. (2026). Welfare Indicators for Aquaculture Research: Toolboxes for Five Farmed European Fish Species. In Reviews in Aquaculture (Vol. 18, Issue 1). John Wiley and Sons Inc. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.70109 
 
Orietta Barreto, M., Rey Planellas, S., Yang, Y., Phillips, C., & Descovich, K. (2021). Emerging indicators of fish welfare in aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture, 14(1), 343–361. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fraq.12601
 
Pedrazzani, A. S., Quintiliano, M. H., Bolfe, F., Sans, E. C. de O., & Molento, C. F. M. (2020). Tilapia On-Farm Welfare Assessment Protocol for Semi-intensive Production Systems. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7(November), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.606388
 

van de Vis, H. et al. (2020). Welfare of Farmed Fish in Different Production Systems and Operations. In: Kristiansen, T., Fernö, A., Pavlidis, M., van de Vis, H. (eds) The Welfare of Fish. Animal Welfare, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41675-1_14

Van de Vis, H., Abbink, W., Lambooij, B., Bracke, M., 2014. Stunning and killing of farmed fish: how to put it into practice? In: Devine C, Dikeman M (eds) Encyclopedia of meat sciences 2e, vol 3. Elsevier, Oxford, pp 421–426. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384731-7.00199-9

Stien, L.H. et al. (2020) ‘Assessing Fish Welfare in Aquaculture’, in T.S. Kristiansen et al. (eds) The Welfare of Fish. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 303–321. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41675-1_13.

Turnbull, J. F. and Kadri, S. (2007) ‘Safeguarding the many guises of farmed fish welfare’, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 75(2), pp. 173–182. doi: 10.3354/dao075173.

 

 

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