Question 7920 — hunting and fishing

Summary

Mr. Gabriel Amard questions the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion on live fishing. This technique consists of using a vertebrate as bait, most often a fish, in order to catch predatory fish (pike, catfish, zander). Current scientific consensus indicates that fish are capable not only of feeling pain but also of experiencing negative emotions such as stress and fear. Under these conditions, the technique of live fishing, which involves catching a perfectly conscious fish, spearing it with a hook and then delivering it to the attack of its predator without the possibility of escape, appears particularly cruel. Live fishing is already banned in several European countries on all or part of their territory: Germany, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland. Decathlon stores, notably those of Ecully, Bron and Limonest, offer fish for sale to be used as livestock. The detention conditions are contrary to the needs of the fish (water quality, density, environmental enrichment). In view of these elements, the MP asks the Government if it plans to ban live fishing as well as the marketing of live fish intended for live fishing.

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