Technological innovation is creating new opportunities to improve fish welfare in aquaculture, from welfare monitoring to welfare-positive slaughter methods.
The convergence of aquaculture technology and welfare science creates opportunities for welfare improvements that would have been impossible a decade ago. Continuous behavioural monitoring allows early detection of welfare problems. RAS systems allow environmental control impossible in open-cage systems. Better slaughter technology eliminates the welfare harm of slaughter without stunning. These innovations need to reach mainstream production rather than remaining in research or premium segments.