Scientific Research confirms that fish feel pain: INTENSIVE FISH FARMING

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http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/index.htm

News bulletin: May 2003

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"Fish experience fear, stress and pain when removed from water."
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INTENSIVE FISH FARMING
Deadly crush
In much the same way that chickens, pigs, cattle and sheep have become
victims of the race to produce more animals at cheaper prices, so too
have salmon and trout. Wild salmon normally migrate over hundreds of
miles, ranging from the rivers where they were spawned to the open
sea. Scottish farmed fish start their lives in industrial hatcheries
and are then moved to huge cages, often located at the mouths of sea
lochs. The cages are up to 70 metres in diameter, with plans to extend
them to 90 metres. Around 250,000 fish are tightly packed into each
cage. Many die prematurely under this intensive regime. There is also
a high level of snout, fin and other injuries - plus infestations and
viral and bacterial infections.

Dosed with drugs and chemicals
In an attempt to limit the disease, the fish are dosed with chemicals,
antibiotics and other drugs. Three medicinal products were licensed
for use in salmon farms in 1989. By 2000 there were 26, with a further
14 under consideration.=20

The fish are also administered additives in their feed in order to
give their flesh a colouring that will appeal to consumers. The Swiss
pharmaceutical giant, Roche, produces a colour chart from which the
fish farmers can select their preferred hue.

Disease catastrophes
Despite the high drug inputs, disease is rife within the cages.
Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is one serious viral condition that
broke out in Scottish farms in 1998 and led to the culling of millions
of fish. It had previously ravaged farms in Canada and Norway. The
highly infectious condition, for which there is no known cure, causes
the fish to suffer internal bleeding and great stress. There is
evidence that human beings might also be affected by the virus.

Eaten alive
Lice infestation is another devastating, highly stressful condition
that flourishes in the cages. The lice multiply and graze on the
fishes' flesh, literally eating them alive from the outside in. The
industry attempts to control the lice through the use of antibiotics
and toxic pesticides. But it's a losing battle and the lice spread
from the cages to nearby wild fish, who have been found with up to 500
lice on them, instead of a normal and manageable five or six.
Populations of wild salmon in the fish farming centre of the
north-west Scottish highlands have been decimated as a result of these
infestations.=20

Escapes to the sea
Escapes from the farms also impact upon wild fish populations. Friends
of the Earth calculate that at least 700,000 fish have escaped from
farms in the three years to April 2000. (The Independent April 12,
2000). As well as carrying diseases to the wild fish, some of the
escapees are almost certainly breeding with their wild cousins,
causing, as yet unquantified, genetic problems.=20

Not satisfied with the damage already done to natural ecosystems, the
fish farming industry has commissioned reckless gene engineering
experiments designed to produce giant, rapid growing specimens. The
result is salmon that can grow six times as fast as normal fish.

Pollution
The intensive feeding regimes to which the caged fish are subject is
one more source of damage to wild fish populations and to the wider
environment. This is because much of what the fish are fed, according
to a major report in The Observer newspaper (Jan. 7, 2001), drops
straight through their cages and gathers on the loch bottom along with
the salmons' ammonium-rich faeces. The World Wide Fund for Nature
calculates that the level of pollution from fish farms on the west
coast of Scotland is comparable to the sewage output of up to 9.4
million people.

Light manipulation
As well as the fatty, pelleted diet, the fishes' growth rate is
accelerated by the use of light manipulation, The Observer reported.

'The hatchery tanks are covered so they are completely dark, then
intense lights are shone in to fool the fish into thinking they are
going through their natural growing seasons.'

A brutal killing
Prior to slaughter, the fish are starved for days and even weeks. In
some units they are killed by first being hit on the head with a club
and then having their gill arches torn or cut so that they bleed to
death. In other operations, the fish are placed in a tank with carbon
monoxide and then clubbed or bled to death.

See also our factfiles on Sheep,
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vegan/sheep01.htm

Poultry,
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign.../poultry01.htm

Pigs,
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vegan/pigs01.htm

Cattle
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vegan/cattle01.htm

and Lobsters.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign.../lobster03.htm









"Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish,=20
and unethical animal on earth."=20
Michael W. Fox, Scientific Director and former=20
Vice President,=20
Humane Society of the United States.

"The life of an ant and that of my child=20
should be granted equal consideration,=20
for what does it really pain man to do so"
Pete Who. 2003=20

"Look deep into the eyes of any animal, and then=20
for a moment, trade places,=20
their life becomes as precious as yours and you=20
become as vulnerable as them.=20
Now smile if you believe all animals deserve=20
our respect and our protection, for in a way,=20
they are us, and we are them."
-Philip Ochoa Board Member, ALL FOR ANIMALS=20

John wrote:
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..........and your reason for posting this here?

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John wrote:
: Found at
:
:
: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/index.htm
:
: News bulletin: May 2003
:
:
: "Fish experience fear, stress and pain when removed from water."
:
:
: INTENSIVE FISH FARMING
: Deadly crush
: In much the same way that chickens, pigs, cattle and sheep have become
: victims of the race to produce more animals at cheaper prices, so too
: have salmon and trout. Wild salmon normally migrate over hundreds of
: miles, ranging from the rivers where they were spawned to the open
: sea. Scottish farmed fish start their lives in industrial hatcheries
: and are then moved to huge cages, often located at the mouths of sea
: lochs. The cages are up to 70 metres in diameter, with plans to extend
: them to 90 metres. Around 250,000 fish are tightly packed into each
: cage. Many die prematurely under this intensive regime. There is also
: a high level of snout, fin and other injuries - plus infestations and
: viral and bacterial infections.
:
: Dosed with drugs and chemicals
: In an attempt to limit the disease, the fish are dosed with chemicals,
: antibiotics and other drugs. Three medicinal products were licensed
: for use in salmon farms in 1989. By 2000 there were 26, with a further
: 14 under consideration.
:
: The fish are also administered additives in their feed in order to
: give their flesh a colouring that will appeal to consumers. The Swiss
: pharmaceutical giant, Roche, produces a colour chart from which the
: fish farmers can select their preferred hue.
:
: Disease catastrophes
: Despite the high drug inputs, disease is rife within the cages.
: Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is one serious viral condition that
: broke out in Scottish farms in 1998 and led to the culling of millions
: of fish. It had previously ravaged farms in Canada and Norway. The
: highly infectious condition, for which there is no known cure, causes
: the fish to suffer internal bleeding and great stress. There is
: evidence that human beings might also be affected by the virus.
:
: Eaten alive
: Lice infestation is another devastating, highly stressful condition
: that flourishes in the cages. The lice multiply and graze on the
: fishes' flesh, literally eating them alive from the outside in. The
: industry attempts to control the lice through the use of antibiotics
: and toxic pesticides. But it's a losing battle and the lice spread
: from the cages to nearby wild fish, who have been found with up to 500
: lice on them, instead of a normal and manageable five or six.
: Populations of wild salmon in the fish farming centre of the
: north-west Scottish highlands have been decimated as a result of these
: infestations.
:
: Escapes to the sea
: Escapes from the farms also impact upon wild fish populations. Friends
: of the Earth calculate that at least 700,000 fish have escaped from
: farms in the three years to April 2000. (The Independent April 12,
: 2000). As well as carrying diseases to the wild fish, some of the
: escapees are almost certainly breeding with their wild cousins,
: causing, as yet unquantified, genetic problems.
:
: Not satisfied with the damage already done to natural ecosystems, the
: fish farming industry has commissioned reckless gene engineering
: experiments designed to produce giant, rapid growing specimens. The
: result is salmon that can grow six times as fast as normal fish.
:
: Pollution
: The intensive feeding regimes to which the caged fish are subject is
: one more source of damage to wild fish populations and to the wider
: environment. This is because much of what the fish are fed, according
: to a major report in The Observer newspaper (Jan. 7, 2001), drops
: straight through their cages and gathers on the loch bottom along with
: the salmons' ammonium-rich faeces. The World Wide Fund for Nature
: calculates that the level of pollution from fish farms on the west
: coast of Scotland is comparable to the sewage output of up to 9.4
: million people.
:
: Light manipulation
: As well as the fatty, pelleted diet, the fishes' growth rate is
: accelerated by the use of light manipulation, The Observer reported.
:
: 'The hatchery tanks are covered so they are completely dark, then
: intense lights are shone in to fool the fish into thinking they are
: going through their natural growing seasons.'
:
: A brutal killing
: Prior to slaughter, the fish are starved for days and even weeks. In
: some units they are killed by first being hit on the head with a club
: and then having their gill arches torn or cut so that they bleed to
: death. In other operations, the fish are placed in a tank with carbon
: monoxide and then clubbed or bled to death.
:
: See also our factfiles on Sheep,
: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vegan/sheep01.htm
:
: Poultry,
: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign.../poultry01.htm
:
: Pigs,
: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vegan/pigs01.htm
:
: Cattle
: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vegan/cattle01.htm
:
: and Lobsters.
: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign.../lobster03.htm
:

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:
:
: "Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish,
: and unethical animal on earth."
: Michael W. Fox, Scientific Director and former
: Vice President,
: Humane Society of the United States.
:
: "The life of an ant and that of my child
: should be granted equal consideration,
: for what does it really pain man to do so"
: Pete Who. 2003
:
: "Look deep into the eyes of any animal, and then
: for a moment, trade places,
: their life becomes as precious as yours and you
: become as vulnerable as them.
: Now smile if you believe all animals deserve
: our respect and our protection, for in a way,
: they are us, and we are them."
: -Philip Ochoa Board Member, ALL FOR ANIMALS

We arent them though are we, they are a part of us when we've eaten them
with gravy, or for instance we are a part of them when a
shark/lion/tiger/crocodile/isert big thing with fangs/etc eats one of us.

BTW, where is the proof in this post of the following sweeping statements:

"Fish experience fear, stress and pain when removed from water."

"Scientific Research confirms that fish feel pain"

where is it?
where is it?
where is it?
where is it?

answer, there isnt any proof in this post of fish feeling pain, stress or
fear, all it is is a crock of crap you've cut&pasted from a vegan website.
MUST DO BETTER!

In article m, John
wrote:
Found at

I wonder, is this Pete again? It's about time he came up with a second new
ID.

News bulletin: May 2003

Out of data and off topic everywhere you posted it.

"Fish experience fear, stress and pain when removed from water."

So? It's all relative. Where C&R is practised rthey seem to get over it
fast enough.

INTENSIVE FISH FARMING

No, not a single fish farming ng on the list.

Followups narrowed.

Cheerio,

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