Is humane slaughter of fish possible for industry?

• Published in: Aquaculture Research
• Main Authors: van de Vis, J.W., Kestin, S., Robb, D., Oehlenschlaeger, J., Lambooij, E., Kuhlmann, H., Kloosterboer, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: brain; meat quality; salmon salmo-salar; stress; Slaughter; Anguilla anguilla; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/is-humane-slaughter-of-fish-possible-for-industry; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00804.x

The objective was to evaluate industrial and research slaughter methods for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), gilt-head seabream (Sparus auratus) and eel (Anguilla anguilla) with respect to welfare and quality. As a general term of reference, an optimal slaughter method should render fish unconscious u...