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Crustacean Compassion launches UK benchmark on decapod welfare

News release from Crustacean Compassion: Following the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, Crustacean Compassion has commissioned the “The Snapshot”, the first benchmark to assess decapod crustacean welfare standards within the UK food supply chain. 30 UK seafood producers, processors, and retailers were evaluated in the benchmark, which assessed their […]

Shark fin action within the Defra Action Plan for Animal Welfare (Queen’s Speech)

Marine , News

Ali Hood Shark Trust: ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare launched: opportunities for marine species. In a first of its kind, the Government published an action plan for animal welfare. Included in the plan were specific actions for elasmobranchs: ‘Defra signals intent to tighten domestic shark conservation legislation, building on existing fins-naturally-attached requirements by proposing a ban […]