The European Commission indicated on Thursday, 14 March in Strasbourg, during a debate in the European Parliament on fish welfare, that it did not wish to propose specific requirements to improve the welfare of farmed fish in aquaculture.
“The lack of action is no longer justified”, said Eleonora Evi (EFDD, Italy), who, along with other MEPs, asked an oral question on the welfare of fish in aquaculture. She deplored the lack of measures to reduce suffering before slaughter and the...