Percepções de diferentes atores da cadeia produtiva da piscicultura sobre o bem-estar de peixes

Abstract

Using questionnaires, this work sought to investigate and understand how consumers and agents directly involved in the fish production chain see, understand, and relate to animal welfare in fish, and how it can affect the quality of the final product. To assess the understanding of those surveyed, online questionnaires were assembled using the Google forms platform, in total 224 consumers participated and 78 agents from the fish chain, the questionnaire was prepared with questions to measure the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents and another part of the questionnaire was people's knowledge, opinion, concern and perception regarding well being during pre-slaughter management and fish slaughter were assessed, in these questions an anchored scale was used, with a value from 1 to 5, the questionnaire was available for three months. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and mean tests were performed, the variables were subjected to descriptive analysis, and the parameters analyzed were the frequency and percentage found in the responses, the results were also subjected to a factor analysis with the purpose of grouping items into factors . The results of this research demonstrate that the agents involved in the production and processing of fish are aware of the concept of fish welfare, believing in cultivation with good welfare practices during pre-slaughter management and fish slaughter, consumers of fish, there is a need to disseminate the concept of welfare, and indicate the support of this public for the creation of legislation that regulates welfare practices during the pre-slaughter management and slaughter of fish.