outdoors Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law

[dragonsfire]

Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law following LSE report findings

Octopuses, crabs and lobsters will receive greater welfare protection following an LSE report demonstrating they have capacity to experience pain or distress.

www.lse.ac.uk

 

[The_NorthEast_ChileMan]

Gutta tell Ya DF, read through that whole treatise and came away disappointed_ - _ not a single recipe

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[peppersproutfarm]

I read the whole article but I still don't understand what this means for the fishing/crabbing industry in UK.

 

[The_NorthEast_ChileMan]

I read the whole article but I still don't understand what this means for the fishing/crabbing industry in UK.

The only Thing I got from this without delving deeply is Sentience. Basically ethical treatment of all creatures with feelings>UK Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. Sorry it doesn't address your question but I didn't see anything specific.