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Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Due to the implementation of a landing obligation in fisheries in the European Union (EU), with an exemption for species with “high survival”, discard survival studies (henceforth DSSs) have become one of the most politically prioritized fisheries research areas in European fisheries...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327179 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12060782 |
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author | Madsen, Niels Ern, Rasmus Olsen Alstrup, Aage Kristian |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Due to the implementation of a landing obligation in fisheries in the European Union (EU), with an exemption for species with “high survival”, discard survival studies (henceforth DSSs) have become one of the most politically prioritized fisheries research areas in European fisheries. In contrast to most fisheries science research areas, DSSs are embedded by the EUs animal research welfare directive. This is a challenge, and there has not been any focus on how to implement animal welfare (AW) regulations experimentally in DSSs. This paper focuses on AW regulations in relation to conducting DSSs, but the outreach is much broader. We investigate experimental procedures by bringing in relevant examples, using the output results, and relating this information to relevant AW guidelines and regulations by focusing on implementing 3R principles. ABSTRACT: Globally, it is estimated that around 10% of the fish that are caught are discarded. This is considered to be a wasteful human marine activity since these fish are often dead or dying. To reduce the high discard rates of commercial fisheries, the European Union (E.U.) has enacted a landing obligation that includes the ability to exempt “species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates”. Therefore, discard survival studies (henceforth DSSs) have become one of the most politically prioritized fisheries research areas in European fisheries. International expert groups have produced guidance reports to promote best practices and to harmonize the methodologies. Nevertheless, there has not been any focus on how to implement animal welfare (AW) regulations experimentally. Discard survival studies are “frontrunners” in fisheries science research areas that are embedded by animal research welfare requirements and are expected to be more restrictive in the future because of an increased public focus on fish welfare. This paper focuses on AW regulations in relation to conducting DSSs, but the outreach is much broader. We investigate experimental procedures by bringing in relevant examples, using output results, and relating this information to relevant AW guidelines and regulations by focusing on implementing 3R principles. |
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spelling | pubmed-89444252022-03-25 Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge Madsen, Niels Ern, Rasmus Olsen Alstrup, Aage Kristian Animals (Basel) Commentary SIMPLE SUMMARY: Due to the implementation of a landing obligation in fisheries in the European Union (EU), with an exemption for species with “high survival”, discard survival studies (henceforth DSSs) have become one of the most politically prioritized fisheries research areas in European fisheries. In contrast to most fisheries science research areas, DSSs are embedded by the EUs animal research welfare directive. This is a challenge, and there has not been any focus on how to implement animal welfare (AW) regulations experimentally in DSSs. This paper focuses on AW regulations in relation to conducting DSSs, but the outreach is much broader. We investigate experimental procedures by bringing in relevant examples, using the output results, and relating this information to relevant AW guidelines and regulations by focusing on implementing 3R principles. ABSTRACT: Globally, it is estimated that around 10% of the fish that are caught are discarded. This is considered to be a wasteful human marine activity since these fish are often dead or dying. To reduce the high discard rates of commercial fisheries, the European Union (E.U.) has enacted a landing obligation that includes the ability to exempt “species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates”. Therefore, discard survival studies (henceforth DSSs) have become one of the most politically prioritized fisheries research areas in European fisheries. International expert groups have produced guidance reports to promote best practices and to harmonize the methodologies. Nevertheless, there has not been any focus on how to implement animal welfare (AW) regulations experimentally. Discard survival studies are “frontrunners” in fisheries science research areas that are embedded by animal research welfare requirements and are expected to be more restrictive in the future because of an increased public focus on fish welfare. This paper focuses on AW regulations in relation to conducting DSSs, but the outreach is much broader. We investigate experimental procedures by bringing in relevant examples, using output results, and relating this information to relevant AW guidelines and regulations by focusing on implementing 3R principles. MDPI 2022-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8944425/ /pubmed/35327179 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12060782 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Commentary Madsen, Niels Ern, Rasmus Olsen Alstrup, Aage Kristian Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge |
title | Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge |
title_full | Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge |
title_fullStr | Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge |
title_full_unstemmed | Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge |
title_short | Estimating Discard Mortality in Commercial Fisheries without Fish Dying: A 3R Challenge |
title_sort | estimating discard mortality in commercial fisheries without fish dying: a 3r challenge |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327179 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12060782 |
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