Fish Welfare in Aquaculture: Explicating the Chain of Interactions Between Science and Ethics

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-61

  Bovenkerk, Bernice ^a   Meijboom, Franck L B ^a  

^a Ethics Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical science; Ethics; Fish welfare; Moral status

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS; MORALITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84873701943     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-012-9395-x     Document Type: Article

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