Springer The Welfare of Fish: 20 (Animal Welfare, 20)

This book investigates how fish experience their lives, their amazing senses and abilities, and how human actions impact their quality of life. The authors examine the concept of fish welfare and the scientific knowledge behind the inclusion of fish within the moral circle, and how this knowledge can change the way we treat fish in the future. In many countries fish are already protected by animal welfare legislation in the same way as mammals, but in practice there is still a major gap between how we ethically view these groups and how we actually treat them. The poor treatment of fish represents a massive animal welfare problem in aquaculture and fisheries, both in terms of the number of animals affected and the severity of the welfare issues.Thanks to its interdisciplinary scope, this thought-provoking book appeals to professionals, academics and students in the fields of animal welfare, cognition and physiology, as well as fisheries and aquaculture management. Review “There is valuable depth and novelty here ... . Anyone working or interested in the area of fish welfare would find new and useful information in this book. ... I would certainly advise all students or early career scientist working in the field of fish welfare to read The Welfare of Fish. For those longer in the tooth (or the field), you will also find value, novelty and some beautifully written text." (James Turnbull, Animal Welfare, Vol. 30 (2), May, 2021) From the Back Cover This book investigates how fish experience their lives, their amazing senses and abilities, and how human actions impact their quality of life. The authors examine the concept of fish welfare and the scientific knowledge behind the inclusion of fish within the moral circle, and how this knowledge can change the way we treat fish in the future. In many countries fish are already protected by animal welfare legislation in the same way as mammals, but in practice there is still a major gap between how we ethically view these groups and how we actually treat them. The poor treatment of fish represents a massive animal welfare problem in aquaculture and fisheries, both in terms of the number of animals affected and the severity of the welfare issues.Thanks to its interdisciplinary scope, this thought-provoking book appeals to professionals, academics and students in the fields of animal welfare, cognition and physiology, as well as fisheries and aquaculture management.  About the Author Tore S. Kristiansen is an experienced leader at the Animal Welfare research group, Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway, and also heads the Norwegian National Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes. He completed his Master’s and PhD in Fisheries Biology at the University of Bergen, Norway and subsequently became a researcher at the IMR, where he has focused on fish welfare research ever since. Having served as a project leader and coordinator of several national and European research projects concerning fish welfare, his expertise covers a broad range of areas, including population dynamics, stock enhancement, and juvenile production of Atlantic cod and lobster; behavior, cognition and learning ability of cod, halibut, and salmon; stress- and neurobiology, and the welfare of farmed fish. Anders Fernö is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Bergen, Norway. He started his academic studies at the University of Lund, Sweden and completed his PhD at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. He became an Assistant Professor and later Professor at the University of Bergen and was also Adjunct Chief Scientist at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen. His research focuses on the behavior of marine and freshwater fish. His expertise covers a broad field including ontogeny and learning, spatio-temporal dynamics and schooling dynamics, with applications in the distribution of