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The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish
As a veterinarian and academic in aquaculture, in my personal experience, most farmers are concerned for their animals and want to take good care of them. There has been substantial improvement in the welfare of farmed fish in recent decades, but improvements have been inconsistent across culture sy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.765797 |
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description | As a veterinarian and academic in aquaculture, in my personal experience, most farmers are concerned for their animals and want to take good care of them. There has been substantial improvement in the welfare of farmed fish in recent decades, but improvements have been inconsistent across culture systems and species. Where there has been a lack of progress, it is not simply due to the more obvious barriers, for example, lack of clear messages, lack of effective dissemination, or cost of implementation. Why have the good intentions of farmers and research by academics failed to improve the care of many farmed fish? The reasons would appear to be complex; however, human behavioral theory (this term is used to differentiate from animal ethology) offers both a conceptual framework and practical guidelines for improving the care of fish by influencing the behavior of farmers. Here, I present some background context and apply human behavioral theory to examples of on-farm care of fish. |
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spelling | pubmed-87642992022-01-19 The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish Turnbull, James F. Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science As a veterinarian and academic in aquaculture, in my personal experience, most farmers are concerned for their animals and want to take good care of them. There has been substantial improvement in the welfare of farmed fish in recent decades, but improvements have been inconsistent across culture systems and species. Where there has been a lack of progress, it is not simply due to the more obvious barriers, for example, lack of clear messages, lack of effective dissemination, or cost of implementation. Why have the good intentions of farmers and research by academics failed to improve the care of many farmed fish? The reasons would appear to be complex; however, human behavioral theory (this term is used to differentiate from animal ethology) offers both a conceptual framework and practical guidelines for improving the care of fish by influencing the behavior of farmers. Here, I present some background context and apply human behavioral theory to examples of on-farm care of fish. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8764299/ /pubmed/35059453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.765797 Text en Copyright © 2022 Turnbull. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Turnbull, James F. The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish |
title | The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish |
title_full | The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish |
title_fullStr | The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish |
title_full_unstemmed | The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish |
title_short | The Complex Influences on How We Care for Farmed Fish |
title_sort | complex influences on how we care for farmed fish |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.765797 |
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