Thanks, this is an interesting post! (I was going back reading some posts on aquatic animal welfare and came across this).
I think the crux for me is:
I assume that the welfare gains of the fish stunner (the elimination of asphyxiation suffering of a small wild fish), is equivalent to the welfare gains of a cage-free system or higher welfare broiler breed for a chicken during a half-day.
I think this paragraph is hiding a lot of the work for me. I’d be interested in reading a follow up (even in a quick BOTEC-y form) for:
How much better (per individual) do we expect stunning to be relative to asphyxiation
How should we weight this quality reduction relative to suffering from other animals
I guess I don’t know enough to assess whether the heuristic of comparing “stunning v. asphyxiation” to “half-day of cage-free / higher welfare breed v. baseline” is sensible.
There are multiple regions where this can be done: Peruvian coasts, Black Sea, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea, South African coasts etc.
Also curious where this list of examples is generated from?
Have you considered brushing this up and sending this as an idea for Charity Entrepreneurship to consider incubating as a charity (or consider applying yourself if you think you would be a good fit)?
Thanks, this is an interesting post! (I was going back reading some posts on aquatic animal welfare and came across this).
I think the crux for me is:
I think this paragraph is hiding a lot of the work for me. I’d be interested in reading a follow up (even in a quick BOTEC-y form) for:
How much better (per individual) do we expect stunning to be relative to asphyxiation
How should we weight this quality reduction relative to suffering from other animals
I guess I don’t know enough to assess whether the heuristic of comparing “stunning v. asphyxiation” to “half-day of cage-free / higher welfare breed v. baseline” is sensible.
Also curious where this list of examples is generated from?
Have you considered brushing this up and sending this as an idea for Charity Entrepreneurship to consider incubating as a charity (or consider applying yourself if you think you would be a good fit)?