Given the staggering numbers of individual fish involved in the aquaculture industry, the capacity for pain and suffering is immense.Īnimal Outlook, a nonprofit animal advocacy organization, is bringing the issue of pain and suffering in farmed fish to the forefront by demanding that Atlantic Sapphire, a Norwegian company with facilities in Denmark and Florida, be held accountable for 800,000 fish deaths under Florida’s animal cruelty laws.
Much of this is salmon and farmed salmon accounts for nearly 74 percent of worldwide salmon production. Between 51 and 167 billion farmed fish are killed annually for global food production, with people in the United States spending $102 billion per year on fish for consumption. While there is increasing consumer awareness of animal suffering in industries like meat and dairy, this consideration is rarely extended to fish. In production systems where animals are bred and raised to be used for food, animal pain and suffering are often viewed as the cost of doing business.
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