Welfare of farmed fish : towards a sustainable development of European aquaculture

Abstract

The European project FASTFISH has developed a fish behaviour monitoring system for aquaculture to ensure that fish production continues to be legitimised by society and remains competitive in production performance. Adoption of the monitoring system in society is a political process of choices and strategies, requiring experience and capacity from all stakeholders. The main challenge of FASTFISH is to combine learning processes as well as accountability for retailers and non-governmental organisations by establishing a platform facilitating stakeholder arrangement