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Saara Kupsala Pekka Jokinen Markus Vinnari 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2013,26(1):119-135
This paper explores citizens’ views about the welfare of farmed fish and the mental abilities of fish with a large survey data sample from Finland (n = 1,890). Although studies on attitudes towards animal welfare have been increasing, fish welfare has received only limited empirical attention, despite the rapid expansion of aquaculture sector. The results show that the welfare of farmed fish is not any great concern in the Finnish society. The analysis confirms the distinct character given to farmed fish compared to traditional farmed animals. Salmon are rated low in their mental abilities, including the capacity to feel pain, which may weaken ethical concerns for fish welfare. When analyzing the social determinants surrounding the rating of the welfare of farmed fish, it was shown that fish welfare attitudes follow general animal welfare attitudes regarding age and place of residence as fish welfare tends to be rated more negatively among younger age groups and among urban residents. However, no clear connection could be identified between gender and the rating of fish welfare, which may suggest that the distinct cultural categorization of fish diminishes the typical gender difference identified in animal attitudes. It is concluded that in order to improve awareness about fish welfare, there is a need to increase dissemination of scientific knowledge about fish and their welfare. Moreover, further research should be directed toward studying the moral positioning of fish and the distinct moral categorization they receive. 相似文献
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De Silva Sena S. Turchini Giovanni M. 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2008,21(5):459-467
The status of wild capture fisheries has induced many fisheries and conservation scientists to express concerns about the
concept of using forage fish after reduction to fishmeal and fish oil, as feed for farmed animals, particularly in aquaculture.
However, a very large quantity of forage fish is being also used untransformed (fresh or frozen) globally for other purposes,
such as the pet food industry. So far, no attempts have been made to estimate this quantum, and have been omitted in previous
fishmeal and fish oil exploitation surveys. On the basis of recently released data on the Australian importation of fresh
or frozen fish for the canned cat food industry, here we show that the estimated amount of raw fishery products directly utilized
by the cat food industry equates to 2.48 million metric tonnes per year. This estimate, plus the previously reported global
fishmeal consumption for the production of dry pet food suggest that 13.5% of the total 39.0 million tonnes of wild caught
forage fish is used for purposes other than human food production. This study attempts to bring forth information on the direct
use of fresh or frozen forage fish in the pet food sector that appears to have received little attention to this date and
that needs to be considered in the global debate on the ethical nature of current practices on the use of forage fish, a limited
biological resource. 相似文献
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Recent policy developments in the area of livestock husbandry have suggested that, from the perspective of optimizing animal welfare, new animal husbandry systems should be developed that provide opportunities for livestock animals to be raised in environments where they are permitted to engage in “natural behavior.” It is not known whether consumers regard animal husbandry issues as important, and whether they differentiate between animal husbandry and other animal welfare issues. The responsibility for the development of such systems is allocated jointly between farmers, regulators, different actors in the food chain, and consumers. This research focuses on understanding consumer attitudes and preferences regarding the development and introduction of such systems, to ensure that they are acceptable to consumers as well as producers, regulators, and scientists. Consumer perceptions of animal welfare and animal husbandry practices were evaluated using quantitative consumer survey, which focused on two animal husbandry issues – farmed pigs and farmed fish. Following pilot work, 1000 representative Dutch consumers were sampled about their attitudes to either pig or fish husbandry. The results indicated that consumers think about animal welfare in terms of two broad categories related to their health and living environment, but do not think about welfare issues at a more detailed level. Greater concern was expressed about the welfare of pigs compared to fish. Consumer trust in labeling also emerged as an important issue, since consumers need to trust different food chain actors with responsibility for promoting animal welfare, and are reluctant to consider the details of animal husbandry systems. As a consequence, a transparent, enforceable, and traceable monitoring system for animal welfare friendly products is likely to be important for consumers. 相似文献
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Sustainable Aquaculture: Are We Getting There? Ethical Perspectives on Salmon Farming 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Ingrid Olesen Anne Ingeborg Myhr G. Kristin Rosendal 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2011,24(4):381-408
Aquaculture is the fastest growing animal producing sector in the world and is expected to play an important role in global
food supply. Along with this growth, concerns have been raised about the environmental effects of escapees and pollution,
fish welfare, and consumer health as well as the use of marine resources for producing fish feed. In this paper we present
some of the major challenges salmon farming is facing today. We discuss issues of relevance to how to ensure sustainability,
by focusing on animal production systems, breeding approaches, sources for feed ingredients, and genetic engineering strategies.
Other crucial issues such as animal welfare, environmental quality, and ethics are elaborated with regard to relevance for
the sustainability of aquaculture. Additionally, we comment on socio-economic distributive implications by intellectual property
rights (IPR) strategies on access to genetic material and traceability. To improve sustainability of salmon farming we suggest
that there is a need for new approaches to guide research, for identification of ethical issues, and for engaging stakeholders
in resolving these challenges. 相似文献
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Bernice Bovenkerk Franck L. B. Meijboom 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2013,26(1):41-61
Aquaculture is the fastest growing animal-production sector in the world. This leads to the question how we should guarantee fish welfare. Implementing welfare standards presupposes that we know how to weigh, define, and measure welfare. While at first glance these seem empirical questions, they cannot be answered without ethical reflection. Normative assumptions are made when weighing, defining, and measuring welfare. Moreover, the focus on welfare presupposes that welfare is a morally important concept. This in turn presupposes that we can define the capacities of fish, which is an empirical undertaking that informs and is informed by ethical theories about the moral status of animals. In this article we want to illustrate the need for a constant interaction between empirical scientific research and ethics, in which both fields of research make their own contribution. This is not a novel claim. However, the case of fish sheds new light on this claim, because regarding fish there is still much empirical uncertainty and there is a plurality of moral views on all levels. Therefore, we do not only want to show the necessity of this interaction, but also the added value of a cooperation between ethicists and empirical scientists, such as biologists, physiologists, and ethologists. We demonstrate this by considering the different steps in the process of reflection about and implementation of fish welfare. 相似文献
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Improvements in production methods over the last two decades have resulted in aquaculture becoming a significant contributor
to food production in many countries. Increased efficiency and production levels are off-setting unsustainable capture fishing
practices and contributing to food security, particularly in a number of developing countries. The challenge for the rapidly
growing aquaculture industry is to develop and apply technologies that ensure sustainable production methods that will reduce
environmental damage, increase productivity across the sector, and respect the diverse social and cultural dimensions of fish
farming that are observed globally. The aquaculture industry currently faces a number of technology trajectories, which include
the option to commercially produce genetically modified (GM) fish. The use of genetic modification in aquaculture has the
potential to contribute to increased food security and is claimed to be the next logical step for the industry. However, the
potential use of these technologies raises a number of important ethical questions. Using an ethical framework, the Ethical
Matrix, this paper explores a number of the ethical issues potentially raised by the use of GM technologies in aquaculture.
Several key issues have been identified. These include aspects of distributive justice for producers; use of a precautionary
approach in the management of environmental risk and food safety; and impacts on the welfare and intrinsic value of the fish.
There is a need to conduct a comparative analysis of the full economic cycle of the use of GM fish in aquaculture production
for developing countries. There is also a need to initiate an informed dialogue between stakeholders and strenuous efforts
should be made to ensure the participation of producers and their representatives from developing nations. An additional concern
is that any national licensing of the first generation of GM fish, i.e., in the USA, may initiate and frame an assessment
cycle, mediated by the WTO, which could dominate the conditions under which the technology will be applied and regulated globally.
Therefore, an integrated analysis of the technology development trajectories, in terms of international policy, IPR, and operational
implications, as well as an analysis of a broader range of ethical concerns, is needed. 相似文献
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Several writers on animal ethics defend the abolition of most or all animal agriculture, which they consider an unethical exploitation of sentient non-human animals. However, animal agriculture can also be seen as a co-evolution over thousands of years, that has affected biology and behavior on the one hand, and quality of life of humans and domestic animals on the other. Furthermore, animals are important in sustainable agriculture. They can increase efficiency by their ability to transform materials unsuitable for human consumption and by grazing areas that would be difficult to harvest otherwise. Grazing of natural pastures is essential for the pastoral landscape, an important habitat for wild flora and fauna and much valued by humans for its aesthetic value. Thus it seems that the environment gains substantially when animals are included in sustainable agricultural systems. But what about the animals themselves? Objections against animal agriculture often refer to the disrespect for animals’ lives, integrity, and welfare in present intensive animal production systems. Of the three issues at stake, neither integrity nor animal welfare need in principle be violated in carefully designed animal husbandry systems. The main ethical conflict seems to lie in the killing of animals, which is inevitable if the system is to deliver animal products. In this paper, we present the benefits and costs to humans and animals of including animals in sustainable agriculture, and discuss how to address some of the ethical issues involved. 相似文献
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Kriton Grigorakis 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2010,23(4):345-370
The ethical issues raised by aquaculture were analyzed. A modification of the Ethical Matrix of the Food Ethics Council for
the evaluation of novel foods was used; the Ethical Matrix was changed in order to include the various aquaculture production
stages separately. The following stages were distinguished: the breeding stage, the growth/feeding stage, the “other-handling”
stage (that includes disease and treatment, transportation of organisms, killing procedure, and DNA vaccinations), and the
commercialization stage. The ethical issues concerning the producers, the consumers, the environment, and the aquacultured
organisms, are discussed. This scheme was fitted to the intensive cage-culture of carnivorous fish. The differences with other
forms of aquaculture are discussed, and how the scheme extrapolates to them. The ethical evaluation of aquaculture, in practice,
will be rather a utilitarian balancing of cost and benefits of the respective actions. The desired characteristics of an ethical
evaluation have been also outlined. Ethical evaluation should not be limited to a purely scientific analysis; it should be
holistic, comparable to available alternatives, and should have the flexibility to incorporate new data generated in the fast
growing/continuous changing aquaculture sector. 相似文献
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Stephanie Yue Cottee Paul Petersan 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2009,22(5):437-461
The principles of organic farming espouse a holistic approach to agriculture that promotes sustainable and harmonious relationships
amongst the natural environment, plants, and animals, as well as regard for animals’ physiological and behavioral needs. However,
open aquaculture systems—both organic and conventional—present unresolved and significant challenges to the welfare of farmed
and wild fish, as well as other wildlife, and to environmental integrity, due to water quality issues, escapes, parasites,
predator control, and feed-source sustainability. Without addressing these issues, it is unlikely that open net-pen aquaculture
production can be compatible with the principles inherent to organic farming. 相似文献
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Karianne Kalshoven Franck L. B. Meijboom 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2013,26(1):101-117
Sustainability and welfare are concepts that are often mentioned in the context of fishing and fish farming. What these concepts imply in practice, how they are defined and made operational is less clear. This paper focuses on the role of fish buyers as a key actor in the supply chain between the fisher or fish farmer and the consumer. Using semi-structured interviews, we explore and analyze whether and how the interviewed fish buyers define and implement moral values related to animal welfare and sustainability. The eight fish buyers who were interviewed suggest that moral values are used in their work, but also result in a number of value conflicts (moral and non-moral). The focus on sustainability and animal welfare appear to be driven by external and market factors. Sustainability mainly reflects fishing methods and quotas and fish welfare is seen as part of sustainability. Fish welfare seems more important for farmed than for wild fish as the buyers feel a responsibility regarding these kept animals. Further, the decision whether a product is sustainable is mainly based on labels. Fish buyers argue that labels are useful as a business-to-business tool. Nonetheless, based on the interviews, we argue that the relevance of these labels for addressing the ethical dilemmas of buyers is limited. Labels often are a rather procedural solution that deals with the genuine dilemmas only to a limited extent. We conclude that in order to move forward, the sector needs to further reflect and elaborate on its core values. 相似文献
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I. Anna S. Olsson Christian Gamborg Peter Sandøe 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2006,19(1):37-46
Animal welfare and the ethical issues it raises have been discussed intensively for a couple of decades. The emphasis has
been on the direct effects of housing and husbandry, but more attention is now being given to problems originating in selective
breeding. European attempts to adjust animal welfare legislation to deal with these problems have been largely unsuccessful,
but the fact that selective breeding can introduce welfare problems continues to place an ethical responsibility on the animal
breeding industry. Since breeding decisions are made centrally and, increasingly, internationally, strategic change is only
likely to occur if it is embedded in an international agreement of some kind. The aim of this paper is to describe the key
ethical issues facing animal breeding and assess the suggestion that the breeding industry itself can deal with ethical issues
by means of an ethical code. Results from recent projects involving commercial breeding enterprises are presented. 相似文献
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Jes Lynning Harfeld 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2013,26(3):691-709
The concept of animal welfare in confinement agriculture—and an ethical theory based upon this concept—necessitates an idea of what kind of being it is that fares well and what “well” is for this being. This double-question is at the heart of understanding and adequately defining welfare as qualitatively embedded in the experiencing subject. The notion of telos derives (philosophically) from Aristotle and is a way of accounting for the good life of an animal from the unique speciesness of the animal in question. The first part of the article will address the contemporary philosophical and ethical analysis of animals based upon this Aristotelian idea (Rollin in Animal rights and human morality (1st ed. 1981). Prometheus Books, New York, 2006b). Telos is here employed to illustrate the dimensions of what matters in welfare assessment and ethical evaluation. The second half of the article addresses some of the welfare problems in modern animal agriculture and how they relate to the telos concept. Two main examples are dealt with: Boredom (Wemelsfelder in Mental health and well-being in animals. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2005) is argued as being the suffering of choicelessness in animals that are inherently beings that choose—and loneliness is the suffering of social isolation in animals for whom standing in active relations to others is part of what they are. 相似文献
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Fred A. Otchere Marcello M. Veiga Jennifer J. Hinton Renato A. Farias Robert Hamaguchi 《Natural resources forum》2004,28(3):216-223
The legacy of mining activities has typically been land ‘returned to wildlife’, or, at some sites, degraded to such an extent that it is unsuitable for any alternate use. Progress towards sustainability is made when value is added in terms of the ecological, social and economic well‐being of the community. In keeping with the principles of sustainable development, the innovative use of flooded open pits and tailings impoundments as commercial, recreational or ornamental fish farms should be considered in some locations, as it could make a significant contribution to the social equity, economic vitality and environmental integrity of mining communities. This article highlights the growing significance of aquaculture and explores the benefits and barriers to transforming flooded pits and impoundments into aquaculture operations. Among other benefits, aquaculture may provide a much‐needed source of revenue, employment and, in some cases, food to communities impacted by mine closure. Further, aquaculture in a controlled closed environment may be more acceptable to critics of fish farming who are concerned about fish escapes and viral transmissions to wild populations. Despite the potential benefits, aquaculture in flooded pits and impoundments is not without its complications — it requires a site‐specific design approach that must consider issues ranging from metals uptake by fish, to the long‐term viability of the aquatic system as fish habitat, to the overall contribution of aquaculture to sustainability. 相似文献
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In this paper the authors argue that ethical considerations are relevant for evaluating animal production systems and that in consequence agrologists should seriously consider the arguments of animal welfare supporters. Furthermore, the authors point out the ethical basis for some (though not all) of the conclusions proposed by supporters of animal welfare. In consequence it is necessary to determine the nature of animal welfare and methods of evaluating the welfare of animals and to recognize when production systems fail to satisfy the needs of animals. 相似文献
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Karsten Klint Jensen 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2017,30(5):615-623
That death is not a welfare issue appears to be a widespread view among animal welfare researchers. This paper demonstrates that this view is based on a mistaken assumption about harm, which is coupled to ‘welfare’ being conceived as ‘welfare at a time’. Assessments of welfare at a time ignore issues of longevity. In order to assess the welfare issue of death, it is necessary to structure welfare assessment as comparisons of possible lives of the animals. The paper also demonstrates that excluding the welfare issues of being deprived of life from the ethical assessment of killing distorts the ethical considerations. 相似文献
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Walter J. Blogoslawski 《Environmental management》1992,16(4):521-529
For the past 11 years the annual Shellfish Biology Seminar at Milford CT has provided a unique forum for aquaculture scientists
and industry officials to exchange information about estuaries facing increased pollution problems, especially Long Island
Sound and the Great South Bay. Because these two areas are so rich in productivity and diversity, fish and shellfish farmers
utilize their waters, shellfish beds, and shore land for hatcheries and grow-out facilities. These individuals seek better
management of the coastal estuarine environment and its resources, providing a working example of environmental stewardship.
In aquaculture, good science is required to understand the complex variables and interaction of estuarine currents, tides,
temperature, and cycles of reproduction. Aquaculturists are beginning to understand the need for specific nutrients and how
the wastes of one species can be utilized for enhanced production of another species.
Over the years, this meeting has formed an amalgam of both the aquaculture industry and research scientists where both groups
foster mutual environmental concern. Science is able to focus on the theoretical aspects of pollutant damage. while the aquaculture
industry is able to define the problem and need for assistance to eliminate pollutants from their crops—shellfish and finfish.
Overfishing is not an issue at these meetings, as the group accepts the damage already done to wild resources and seeks new
technologies to grow food sources under controlled and stable market conditions.
Therefore, it could be said that the seminar serves as a meeting ground where the theoretical knowledge of scientific study
finds practical application in the industry and is fueled by the needs of that industry. This ideal blend of the two groups
produces better management of the resource and a safer environment—the goal of stewardship. 相似文献
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Bernice Bovenkerk Franck L. B. Meijboom 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2012,25(6):843-860
As the world population is growing and government directives tell us to consume more fatty acids, the demand for fish is increasing. Due to declines in wild fish populations, we have come to rely more and more on aquaculture. Despite rapid expansion of aquaculture, this sector is still in a relatively early developmental stage. This means that this sector can still be steered in a favorable direction, which requires discussion about sustainability. If we want to avoid similar problems to the ones we have experienced with livestock farming, we need to generate knowledge of the biology, profitability, environmental aspects, consumer awareness, and product appreciation of particular fish species. However, the discussion about a sustainable aquaculture also raises the question how we should treat fish. This moral question is regularly addressed as a problem of applied ethics with a focus on tailoring ethical principles to practical questions. In this article we do not deny the importance of the practical accounts, but we start from the fundamental question whether and why fish matter in our moral deliberations, i.e., from the discussion on moral status. We elaborate the distinction between moral considerability and moral significance in order to show both the importance and the limitations of the discussion about moral status for practical problems in aquaculture. We illustrate these points with a case-study about the farming of a specific fish species, the African catfish. 相似文献
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Science, Pigs, and Politics: A New Zealand Perspective on the Phase-Out of Sow Stalls 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sows housed in stalls are kept insuch extreme confinement that they are unableto turn around. In some sectors of the porkindustry, sows are subjected to this degree ofconfinement for almost their entire lives(apart from the brief periods associated withmating). While individual confinement isrecognized by farmers and animal welfarecommunity organizations alike, as a valuabletool in sow husbandry (to mitigate againstaggression), what remains questionable from ananimal welfare point of view is the necessityto confine sows in such small spaces.In 2001, the Australian Journal ofAgricultural Research published a reviewarticle on the science associated with the useof the sow stall, and claimed that ``noscientific evidence to support therecommendation in the Code of Practice advisingagainst housing of sows in stalls followed byhousing in crates' (Barnett et al., 2001, p. 21).If all the available scientific publications onthe animal welfare implications of sow stallsare consulted (many of which did not feature inthe above review), then one will indeed findscientific evidence to support recommendationsagainst the housing of sows in stalls. Becausethere is science on both sides of this policydivide, the argument to defend the use of sowstalls, therefore, is not one of science vspublic opinion, but one of ethics.An analysis of the scientific argumentsagainst the use of the sow stall should be usedto encourage ethical debate on this issue. Asan ethical debate, the issue of the use of thesow stall can then focus on the degree ofsuffering we as a society are willing totolerate in agricultural practices, and theanimal welfare costs associated with extremeeconomies of scale in sow stocking rates,rather than get bogged down in red herringdebates over whether there is any suffering atall. 相似文献
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Frøydis Gillund Anne Ingeborg Myhr 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2010,23(6):527-550
The future of salmon aquaculture depends on the adoption of alternative feed resources in order to reduce the need for fish
meal and fish oil. This may include resources such as species from lower trophic levels, by-products and by-catch from fisheries
and aquaculture, animal by-products, plants, genetically modified (GM) plants, nutritionally enhanced GM plants and products
from microorganisms and GM microorganisms. Here, we report on a deliberative assessment of these alternative feed resources,
involving 18 participants from different interest groups within Norwegian salmon aquaculture. The participants defined a broad
range of appraisal criteria concerning health and welfare issues, economical issues, environmental issues, and knowledge and
social issues. A number of uncertainties, in the form of incomplete knowledge, diverging opinions, and context specific factors
were identified when the participants evaluated the alternatives. Our findings support the need for more research on the suitability
of alternative feed resources for farmed salmon. Additionally, the study underlines the importance of facilitating deliberative
assessments in order to map the plurality of perspectives and explore qualitative aspects of uncertainty. Such initiatives
improve the information base upon which decisions on future feed resources for farmed salmon are made. 相似文献
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Clemens Driessen 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2012,25(2):163-179
A plethora of ethical issues in livestock agriculture has emerged to public attention in recent decades, of which environmental
and animal welfare concerns are but two, albeit prominent, themes. For livestock agriculture to be considered sustainable,
somehow these interconnected themes need to be addressed. Ethical debate on these issues has been extensive, but mostly started
from and focused on single issues. The views of farmers in these debates have been largely absent, or merely figured as interests,
instead of being considered morally worthwhile themselves. In this paper the relevance for ethical debates of the ways farmers
discuss and engage with moral concerns is explored. The variety of norms that figure in contemporary farming practices is
sketched in its multifarious complexity, illustrated by ethnographic fieldwork, and systematized in terms of “orders of worth.”
Reviewing the practical arguments and commitments of farmers within this framework reveals that farming practices are subject
to mixed motives, in which an amalgam of types of concerns play a role. Recognition of the peculiarly entangled nature of
the ethics of farming practices could counter the tendency in policy making, technological innovation, and ethical thought
to compartmentalize our moral landscape. Understanding farming practice as the integration of a mosaic of concerns in the
light of a variety of moral experiences would foster public appreciation of positions of farmers in debates on improving the
sustainability and societal acceptability of livestock agriculture. 相似文献