RSPCA standards provide comprehensive species-specific welfare requirements for husbandry practices, feeding, health management, grading, vaccination, transport, slaughter/killing and crowding. The standards are based on scientific, veterinary and practical industry expertise.

A code giving some general guiding principles on fish welfare and lists of requirements for minimising any possible negative welfare effects of transport, stunning and killing.

GLOBAL G.A.P. aquaculture standard provides checklists for ensuring measures for maintaining fish welfare are in place. The focus of the standard is mainly staff training, record keeping and equipment/farming suitability. Most major salmon farming companies have GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

ASC is a result of numerous roundtable discussions involving a wide range of stakeholders including aquaculturists, scientists, NGOs, retailers, and governmental bodies. The current standard is primarily aimed at limiting environmental impacts from aquaculture operations, but also has criteria related to fish welfare.

Government supervisory body for food safety. Promotes plant, fish, animal and human health.

The purpose of this Code is to provide information to the owners and persons in charge of animals involved in commercial slaughter about the standards they must achieve in order to meet their obligations under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

A website designed to increase understanding of fish sentience, raise awareness and promote solutions to the suffering of fishes in commercial fishing. It also aims to increase awareness of the welfare issues in fish farming.