Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34489
Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new legislative measures to protect the welfare of farmed fish.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCurrent legislation already provides protection for farmed fish kept for the production of meat or other products whilst on farm and during transport. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, ...
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