> It recommends against declawing, nicking, eyestalk ablation, the sale of live decapod crustaceans to untrained, non-expert handlers, and extreme slaughter methods such as live boiling without stunning.
I mean, that's all well and good, but if you take the "sentience" part seriously, then surely we should also consider in scope:
- bottom-trawling, dredging or other fishing practices which can casually kill large numbers of individuals
- ocean pollution
- warming oceans that may put whole populations at risk
Like, if the suffering of individuals is acknowledged, then surely reducing that suffering is important whether it's in a restaurant kitchen or on the sea-floor beneath a fishing boat. You don't get to ignore the harms your actions cause just because the effects are out of line-of-sight.
I mean, that's all well and good, but if you take the "sentience" part seriously, then surely we should also consider in scope:
- bottom-trawling, dredging or other fishing practices which can casually kill large numbers of individuals
- ocean pollution
- warming oceans that may put whole populations at risk
Like, if the suffering of individuals is acknowledged, then surely reducing that suffering is important whether it's in a restaurant kitchen or on the sea-floor beneath a fishing boat. You don't get to ignore the harms your actions cause just because the effects are out of line-of-sight.