Linares-Cordova Joel Fitzgerald, Roque Ana, Ruiz-Gómez María de Lourdes, Rey-Planellas Sonia, Boglino Anaïs, Rodríguez-Montes de Oca Gustavo Alejandro, Ibarra-Zatarain Zohar
Posgrado de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Colegio de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico.
Nayarit Centre for Innovation and Technological Transference (CENITT), Tepic, Mexico.
J Fish Biol. 2025 Feb;106(2):125-137. doi: 10.1111/jfb.15854. Epub 2024 Jul 15.
Latin America (LATAM) plays an important role in the world's production of aquatic animals and is the second most productive region in the world. Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Perú contribute 87% of LATAM aquaculture production. The fish welfare in aquaculture is of increasing public concern globally, and LATAM is no exception, growing in importance for fish farmers, authorities, and scientists. Although the topic is somewhat controversial, the welfare status of farmed fish has direct implications for their production and the sustainability of the industry. Therefore, this study analyses scientific papers on animal welfare in farmed fish, from the six countries in LATAM with the highest aquaculture production. The main objectives were to quantify the number of papers published between 2000 and 2023 on fish welfare by using scientific databases. A total of 285 papers were found for the period analysed. The country with the largest number of publications was Brazil (75.79%), followed by Chile (13.33%), Mexico (7.02%), Peru (1.75%), Ecuador, and Colombia (1.05%). Nile tilapia was the most studied species, appearing in 30.18% of the publications, with most of the studies mainly dealing with nutrition (32.28%). The growth of aquaculture is leading to joint efforts to generate knowledge on welfare issues, especially in poorly studied species with high production, to create policies that help minimize welfare risks. Given this, the insights generated by this review could be a useful addition to approaches investigating the trends and concepts of fish welfare in LATAM.
拉丁美洲在世界水产动物生产中发挥着重要作用，是世界上第二大高产地区。智利、厄瓜多尔、巴西、墨西哥、哥伦比亚和秘鲁贡献了拉丁美洲87%的水产养殖产量。水产养殖中的鱼类福利在全球范围内日益受到公众关注，拉丁美洲也不例外，对养鱼户、当局和科学家来说，其重要性与日俱增。尽管这个话题存在一定争议，但养殖鱼类的福利状况直接关系到它们的生产以及该行业的可持续性。因此，本研究分析了拉丁美洲水产养殖产量最高的六个国家关于养殖鱼类动物福利的科学论文。主要目标是通过科学数据库量化2000年至2023年期间发表的关于鱼类福利的论文数量。在所分析的时间段内共发现285篇论文。发表论文数量最多的国家是巴西（75.79%），其次是智利（13.33%）、墨西哥（7.02%）、秘鲁（1.75%）、厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚（1.05%）。尼罗罗非鱼是研究最多的物种，出现在30.18%的出版物中，大多数研究主要涉及营养（32.28%）。水产养殖的发展促使各方共同努力，以产生关于福利问题的知识，特别是针对产量高但研究较少的物种，从而制定有助于将福利风险降至最低的政策。鉴于此，本综述所产生的见解可能会为研究拉丁美洲鱼类福利趋势和概念的方法提供有益补充。
