Bienestar en peces: la perspectiva de defensa de los animales

Autores/as

  • Elena Lara CIWF
  • Natasha Boyland Compassion in World Farming

Resumen

Los peces son los animales más explotados, olvidados e incomprendidos del planeta. Pero también son criaturas extraordinarias: complejos, inteligentes, sensibles, curiosos, y algunos de ellos tienen habilidades increíbles. Por ejemplo, algunos usan herramientas, tienen buena memoria o colaboran para cazar. Pero lo más importante es que los peces son seres sintientes y por lo tanto sienten dolor. La acuicultura se ha convertido en el principal proveedor de pescado en todo el mundo; más de la mitad del pescado que consumimos es cultivado. Esto se debe principalmente a que las capturas de peces salvajes se han estabilizado porque han estado sobreexplotadas durante décadas. Además, el consumo mundial de pescado se ha duplicado desde principios de la década de los 70 y continuará creciendo con el aumento de la población. Sin embargo, la industria de la acuicultura se ha desarrollado sin el debido conocimiento de las necesidades de las especies de peces cultivadas y las consecuencias para el bienestar de estos animales. Asimismo, el rápido crecimiento de la acuicultura ha generado importantes preocupaciones a nivel medio ambiental ya que esta industria depende de las capturas de peces salvajes. Anualmente, se capturan 0.5-1.0 billones de peces para ser transformados en ingredientes para alimentar a los animales de granja, principalmente peces. Al considerar las consecuencias ambientales negativas del uso de peces salvajes como alimento, no debemos pasar por alto el enorme impacto que supone a nivel de bienestar animal ya que el número de animales involucrados es muy alto. Compassion in World Farming trabaja para crear conciencia de que los peces son animales sintientes y los problemas de bienestar que la industria acuícola representa para los peces. La forma en que tratamos a los peces es importante y debemos hacerlo mejor. 

Palabras clave

bienestar en peces, sintiencia, acuicultura, harina de pescado y aceite de pescado

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Biografía del autor/a

Elena Lara, CIWF

Research Manager -Fish

Natasha Boyland, Compassion in World Farming

Fish Policy and Research Manager

Publicado

04-11-2019

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