Fishes: The Forgotten Sentient Beings

Fish – these four letters stand for an enormous number of trillions of animals but still up to the present day we only know little about their inner life. There have been numerous studies showing impressively that they indeed feel pain. Even though they lack a human-like neocortex, apparently other...

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Autor principal:	Helena Bauer
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Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2019
Materias:	Fishes sentience fisheries aquaculture article 13 TFEU. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a06a94239fa34fb19f5d6670da3a23912021-11-27T08:43:23ZFishes: The Forgotten Sentient Beings10.5565/rev/da.4272462-7518https://doaj.org/article/a06a94239fa34fb19f5d6670da3a23912019-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/427https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 Fish – these four letters stand for an enormous number of trillions of animals but still up to the present day we only know little about their inner life. There have been numerous studies showing impressively that they indeed feel pain. Even though they lack a human-like neocortex, apparently other parts of the fish brain seem to be responsible for processing emotions and consciousness. Observations from nature strongly support the remarkable capacity of fishes to live a conscious life: they have an excellent memory and use land marks for orientation, recognize the different individuals in their shoal and remember their hierarchical status in the group. They cooperate between species and even invent interspecific sign language. In conclusion, there is clear evidence that fishes are conscious, sentient beings – and indeed since 2009 they are recognized as such by the EU in article 13 TFEU. However, under welfare aspects of secondary EU legislation, the fishes are either only included on a very basic general level or not considered at all. Especially considering the numbers of fish individuals and the methods used in fisheries and aquaculture, it is high time to overcome this erroneous view and to finally grant them the protection they deserve as ‘sentient beings’ – on the legislative level, but also in fisheries and aquaculture practices, policies, and not least in our daily behaviour. Helena BauerUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de DretarticleFishessentiencefisheriesaquaculturearticle 13 TFEU.Animal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2019)
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description	Fish – these four letters stand for an enormous number of trillions of animals but still up to the present day we only know little about their inner life. There have been numerous studies showing impressively that they indeed feel pain. Even though they lack a human-like neocortex, apparently other parts of the fish brain seem to be responsible for processing emotions and consciousness. Observations from nature strongly support the remarkable capacity of fishes to live a conscious life: they have an excellent memory and use land marks for orientation, recognize the different individuals in their shoal and remember their hierarchical status in the group. They cooperate between species and even invent interspecific sign language. In conclusion, there is clear evidence that fishes are conscious, sentient beings – and indeed since 2009 they are recognized as such by the EU in article 13 TFEU. However, under welfare aspects of secondary EU legislation, the fishes are either only included on a very basic general level or not considered at all. Especially considering the numbers of fish individuals and the methods used in fisheries and aquaculture, it is high time to overcome this erroneous view and to finally grant them the protection they deserve as ‘sentient beings’ – on the legislative level, but also in fisheries and aquaculture practices, policies, and not least in our daily behaviour.
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Fishes: The Forgotten Sentient Beings

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