Benefits of Aquatic Animal Welfare for Sustainability

The report emphasizes the vital connection between animal welfare and ethical, environmental, and social factors, advocating for its integration into sustainable development policies.

Current food production systems, characterized by high intensity and low animal welfare, lead to adverse outcomes, including poor health, disease, environmental damage, and reduced efficiency and productivity.

By adopting a holistic approach that places animal welfare at its core, several societal benefits can be achieved, including improved nutrition, food security, food safety, and ecosystem health and reducing carbon emissions, ocean plastics, overfishing, and public health threats.

The report underlines animal welfare as a comprehensive solution to many of today's sustainable development challenges, urging recognition of its critical role in achieving these goals.