B9_Setting welfare standards of cod during transportation to improve safety and efficiency

Summary

The investigation of the relationship between fish size, stocking density, and water quality changes during live fish transportation is expected to give information that could form the basis of an industry code of practice for marine finfish transport which would improve the safety and welfare of fish under such conditions. This report covers a second series of trials testing the effects of a range of variables on water quality during simulated transport conditions, using the cod, Gadus morhua, as the test species.

Publication Reference No.

B9

Publication date

01 August 2008