{"id":2100,"date":"2022-02-02T18:09:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/?page_id=2100"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:24:59","slug":"species","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/","title":{"rendered":"Species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, there are about 600 cultivated aquatic species, but only 27 of them are economically relevant. These 27 species account for over 90% of global production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AWSI focuses primarily on the species that are most common in the production, trade and consumption sectors and for which good scientific findings on animal welfare and protection are already available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fischschwarm-1-1024x314.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fischschwarm-1-1024x314.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fischschwarm-1-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fischschwarm-1-768x235.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fischschwarm-1-1536x470.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fischschwarm-1-2048x627.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"read-more-about-the-various-species\"> Read more about the various species:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/carp\/\">Carp<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/catfish\/\">Catfish<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/gilthead\/\">Gilthead<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/zander\/\">Pikeperch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/salmon\/\">Salmon<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/sea-bass\/\">Sea Bass<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/shrimp\/\">Shrimp<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/basic-recommendations-for-animal-welfare-in-aquaculture\/tilapia\/\">Tilapia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/trout\/\">Trout<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"source\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fischinfo.de\/images\/broschueren\/pdf\/FIZ_DF_2024.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fischinfo.de\/images\/broschueren\/pdf\/FIZ_Broschuere-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fish Information Center (Fisch-Informationszentrum e.V.): Brochure 202<\/a>4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p >In total, there are about 600 cultivated aquatic species, but only 27 of them are economically relevant. These 27 species account for over 90% of global production.<\/p>\n<p >AWSI focuses primarily on the species that are most common in the production, trade and consumption sectors and for which good scientific findings on animal welfare and <span >\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post post-type-page post-view- post-scope-","status-publish","clear"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100\/revisions\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}