Take a stand against fish factory farming

Fishes are sentient beings, meaning they have the capacity to experience fear, pain, distress, and a sense of well-being. New Zealand’s own Animal Welfare Act recognises fishes as sentient beings, however fishes are exploited in many ways and their welfare often overlooked.

The issues impacting farmed fishes include:

Overcrowding
Poor water quality
Quick spread of parasites and disease
Skin lesions
Skeletal deformities
Heat stress
Inability to escape predators
Stress and depression
High mortality rates

Use our email template to join us in urging Animal Welfare Minister (Andrew Hoggard) and Minster for Oceans & Fisheries (Shane Jones) to ban fish farming and protect fishes from suffering

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Tēnā koutou Ministers Hoggard and Jones,

I am writing to express my concern at the level of suffering experienced by farmed fishes in Aotearoa.

Fishes are sentient beings and are recognised as such within the Animal Welfare Act 1999, however farmed fishes are kept in conditions that directly breach their legal rights under the Act.

Research demonstrates that fishes have the ability to feel pain and experience positive and negative emotional states. They should therefore receive the same protection and welfare considerations as land animals.

The issues impacting farmed fishes include; overcrowding, poor water quality, skin lesions, skeletal deformities, the quick spread of parasites and disease, thermal stress, and high mortality rates.

For example, New Zealand King Salmon accepts a 25% mortality rate as standard on their farms. If this were cows, sheep, or pigs, investigations would be undertaken.

We are calling on you to initiate a ban on fish factory farming. The scale of this issue, with countless fishes subjected to suffering and death every year, requires urgent Government attention.

Ngā mihi,

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