When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We would pass people fishing, perhaps reeling in their ... Read More
Throughout history, researchers have found many wacky ways of exploiting animals for the “benefit of science” from dropping toxic chemicals onto the shaved skin of rabbits for cosmetics testing to ... Read More
While the concept of factory farming for animals like chickens, cows and pigs is a basically understood by the majority of meat-eaters, there is another group of animals who are ... Read More
Gillnetting is a common fishing method used by commercial and artisanal fishermen of all the oceans and in some freshwater and estuary areas. “Gill nets are vertical panels of netting ... Read More
Science has repeatedly shown us what common sense already tells us: Fish feel pain and can suffer. The evidence is so clear that world leaders are taking notice. The Standing ... Read More
Every year tens of millions of sharks die a slow death because of finning. Finning is the inhumane practice of hacking off the shark’s fins and throwing its still living ... Read More
Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of shark fins while the remainder of the living shark is discarded in the ocean. Sharks returned to the ocean without their ... Read More
Lobsters belong to the Crustacea class of inverterbrate animals. Crustacea shed their hard skeletons at intervals in order to grow (known as moulting). Lobsters have a 'head' (carapace) containing the ... Read More
Fish farming or pisciculture is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. ... Read More
More than 100 countries around the world rely on healthy coral reefs for income, food, storm protection, and more. Protection of coral reefs has become an important issue for policy ... Read More
Fish: the forgotten victims on our plate