Selected Review Articles
AFS Policy
Statement #16 American Fisheries Society (AFS), American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), and Institute of Fishery
Research Biologists (AIFRE) (1987) Guidelines for the
Use of Fishes in Field Research.
Approved Sept 1987, Winston-Salem , NC Published Mar-Apr
1988, Fisheries 13(2):16-23
AFS Policy Statement #22. Robinette,
H Randall (Chair); Hynes, Julian; Parker, Nick C; Putz, Robert; Stevens, Robert
E; and Stickney, Robert R (1990) ABBREVIATED, AFS Policy Statement
#22: Commercial Aquaculture. Approved Aug 1990, Pittsburg, PA. Published
Jan-Feb 1991, Fisheries 15(2):12
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/AFS22.pdf
AFS Policy Statement #30 Kapuscinski
AR and EM Hallerman (1990) Responsible Use of Fish and Other Aquatic
Organisms. Fisheries 15(4):2-5
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/AFS30.pdf
ASIH, AFS, AIFRB (1988) Guidelines
for Use of Fishes in Field Research. Fisheries. 13(2):
16-23
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/ASIH.pdf
DeTolla LJ, Srinivas S, Whitaker
BR, Andrews C, Hecker B, Kane AS, Reimschuessel R (1995) Guidelines
for the Care and Use of Fish in Research.
ILAR Journal.
37(4)
http://dels-old.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarjournal/37_4/37_4Guidelines.shtml
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/ILAR.pdf
FSBI (2002) Fish Welfare.
Briefing Paper 2, Fisheries Society of the British
Isles
Granta Information Systems, 82A High Street , Sawston,
Cambridge , CB2 4H, Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1223 830665. Email: FSBI@grantais.demon.co.uk
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/FSBI.pdf
Matthews M, Trevarrow B, Matthews
J (2002) A Virtual Tour of the Guide for Zebrafish Care and Users. Lab Animal. 31(3):34-40.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/Fishwelfare/Matthews.pdf
Rose JD (2003) A critique
of paper: Do fish have nociceptors: Evidence for the evolution of a vertebrate
sensory system" published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 2003 by
Sneddon, Braithwaite and Gentle.
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Zoology/faculty/Rose/Critique%20of%20Sneddon%20article.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/Fishwelfare/RoseC.pdf
Rose JD (2002) The Neurobehavioral
Nature of Fishes and the Question of Awareness and Pain.
Reviews
in Fisheries Science.
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Zoology/faculty/Rose/pain.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/Fishwelfare/Rose.pdf
Schwedler TE, Johnson SK (2000) Responsible
Care and Health Maintenance of Fish in Commercial Aquaculture.
Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin.
Winter 1999/2000. 10(3/4)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/newsletters/v10n3/10n3schw.htm
Sneddon LU, Braithwaite VA, and Gentle
MJ (2003) Do fish have nociceptors? Evidence for the evolution of
a vertebrate sensory system. Proceedings of the Royal Society
1270(1520):1115-1121
Thorsteinsson V (2002) Tagging
Methods for Stock Assessment and Research in Fisheries. Report of Concerted
Action FAIR CT.96.1394 (CATAG). Reykjavik. Marine Research Institute
Technical Report (79), pp 179
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/Thorsteinsson.pdf
The Institute for Laboratory
Animal Research Journal 44(4) 2003, entitled “Physiological Research Outside the Laboratory”, is an excellent collection of
articles written to assist fish researchers and IACUC members in assessing fish
research. Please go to their website (http://dels-old.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarjournal/online_issues.shtml)
to obtain the following articles.
· Introduction:
All of the World Is a Laboratory
Michael K. Stoskopf
· Does the
Animal Welfare Act Apply to Free-ranging Animals?
Daniel M. Mulcahy
· Opportunistic
Research and Sampling Combined with Fisheries and Wildlife Management Actions
or Crisis Response
David A. Jessup
· Fish
Research and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Russell J. Borski and Ronald G. Hodson
· Surgical
Implantation of Transmitters into Fish
Daniel M. Mulcahy
· Programs
for Invasive Research in North American Zoos and Aquariums
Karen L. Goodrowe
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