Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49479
Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Josh Newbury
Labour — Cannock Chase
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of land-based fish farms which use indoor tanks instead of ocean- or lake-based pens on animal welfare.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCurrent legislation already provides protection for farmed fish kept for the production of meat or other products whilst on farm. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, including fish, or to...
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