(b)

with regard to husbandry practices: personnel keeping animals shall possess the necessary basic knowledge and skills as regards the health and the welfare needs of the animals; husbandry practices, including feeding, design of installations, stocking densities and water quality shall ensure that the developmental, physiological and behavioural needs of animals are met; husbandry practices shall minimise negative environmental impact from the holding, including the escape of farmed stock; organic animals shall be kept separate from other aquaculture animals; transport shall ensure that the welfare of animals is maintained; any suffering of the animals including the time of slaughtering shall be kept to a minimum;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.