Dossier:
D (2019-08-23)
WelfareCheck:
F (2023-07-19)
Advice:
F (2019-08-23)
Profile status
Taxonomy
Growth
Handling
Farming remarks
FishTalk
Cyprinus carpio is a widespread freshwater fish that is able to survive a wide range of water quality. It has been introduced into so many countries that it reached the status of a virtually global fish and is included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive species. The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The hybridisation with the also invasive Carassius auratus probably increases its invasive potential due to enhanced genetic diversity. In aquaculture, the main production countries are located in Asia, such as China and Indonesia.
It is commonly raised in EXTENSIVE or SEMI-INTENSIVE polycultures with Asian cyprinids, and its culture is fish meal independent, being mainly based on cereals. C. carpio is the oldest reared species, being the most commonly cultured and the third most significant fish species in the world production. However, there is still missing information for LARVAE, FRY, and SPAWNERS of this species about natural aggregation patterns, malformations, and home range, besides stress response and aggression under farming conditions. C. carpio is stressed by common farming procedures like transportation, crowding, and confinement. Moreover, as the demand for frozen or processed products is low, C. carpio is commonly sold in a fresh, live form on markets, thus probably slaughtered by asphyxia or hyporthermia, which is detrimental to its welfare.
For details see: WelfareCheck | farm (latest major release: 2023-07-19)
For recommendations see: Advice | farm (latest major release: 2019-08-23)
Related news
2023-08-09: AAC report and update of Salmo salar
In 2022, our colleagues from FishEthoGroup were invited to write a report for the Aquaculture Advisory Council of the European Commission on the topic of "Using ethology to improve farmed fish welfare and production". This report was recently published anew with an updated appendix. For this report, FishEthoGroup collaborated with the fair-fish database to give a summary of the situation of 5 of the most frequently farmed species in Europe (Sparus aurata, Dicentrarchus labrax, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo salar, Cyprinus carpio). We from the fair-fish database used the opportunity to update these 5 profiles (of which you have read in this News section in the past months). Among them was that of Salmo salar, the Atlantic salmon, which was enriched with a plethora of papers and was transferred to our latest more transparent and user-friendly formatting scheme. Thanks to the update, we could get rid of a couple of question marks in the welfare assessment, but the new findings only manifested what was hinted at before: except at slaughter, Salmo salar cannot experience good welfare in captivity even under the best possible conditions.
2023-07-20: Update: Cyprinus carpio
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is one of the most frequently farmed species in the world, and so it belonged to the first ones we created a profile on in the database. Six years later it was time for a thorough update. Please find the profile here and discover the broader literature base including a selection of recently published papers as well as our latest formatting scheme featuring higher usability and more transparent scoring. In the end, our welfare assessment changed in 7 criteria, eliminating all of the question marks and for the majority changing for the better. Still, our analysis revealed that Common carp may at most experience high welfare in 4 out of 10 criteria.
❮
❯
1 / 4
2 / 4
3 / 4
4 / 4
«