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Sea bass are processed by workers at the slaughter and packing plant. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Sea bass are processed by workers at the slaughter and packing plant. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Floating pens of a sea bass and sea bream farm. The pens can be a high risk for environmental degradation to the local oceanic ecosystem and lethal to the fish due to overcrowding. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Sea-farmed sea bass are hauled from floating pens and dumped into ice containers, then transferred to the slaughter and packing plant. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

After being moved from the floating pens of a sea bass and sea bream farm, thousands of sea bass are dumped into ice containers. The shock of ice is meant to kill the fish quickly but the process is in fact painful and slow. They fish are then processed and packed, some remaining conscious even after this ordeal. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Thousands of sea bass agonize inside the slaughter and packing plant of a sea farm. From the floating pens, the fish are dumped into ice containers and then transferred to the processing line where they are packed. Many fish remain alive throughout the process including when they are packed into boxes. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Thousands of sea bass agonize inside the slaughter and packing plant of a sea farm. From the floating pens, the fish are dumped into ice containers and then transferred to the processing line where they are packed. Many fish remain alive throughout the process including when they are packed into boxes. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Thousands of sea bass agonize inside the slaughter and packing plant of a sea farm. From the floating pens, the fish are dumped into ice containers and then transferred to the processing line where they are packed. Many fish remain alive throughout the process including when they are packed into boxes. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Thousands of sea bass agonize inside the slaughter and packing plant of a sea farm. From the floating pens, the fish are dumped into ice containers and then transferred to the processing line where they are packed. Many fish remain alive throughout the process including when they are packed into boxes. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Sea bass agonize inside the slaughter and packing plant of a sea farm. From the floating pens, the fish are dumped into ice containers and then transferred to the processing line where they are packed. Many fish remain alive throughout the process including when they are packed into boxes. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

A detail of rainbow trout eggs, taken at a rainbow trout hatchery and egg farm. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

The deck of a trawler fishing vessel after their nets have been pulled aboard with fish from the French Mediterranean Sea. Nets are deployed with a camera and sensor that send information to the bridge of the vessel, indicating the fullness of the nets. Bycatch - animals who are not the fishing target - are numerous. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

A manta ray amidst the fish and bycatch caught by a trawer in the French Mediterranean Sea. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

The detail of a shark that has been pulled up by the nets of a trawler in the French Mediterranean with thousands of other fish. The animals asphyxiate above water, and bychatch is high. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Fish are pulled up from the sea and dumped from trawling nets onto the deck of a fishing vessel. Workers then sort the fish by species. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Fish are pulled up from the sea and dumped from trawling nets onto the deck of a fishing vessel. Workers then sort the fish by species. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Target fish and bycatch asphyxiating in nets aboard a trawler in theFrench Mediterranean Sea. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

A worker on a trawler sorts fish and bycatch that have been caught in the French Mediterranean Sea. They are sorted by species and then stored in refrigeration units onboard. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Workers aboard a trawler reel in nets loaded with target fish and bycatch after a few hours of fishing in the French Mediterranean Sea. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

Trawling nets pull thousands of fish including bycatch - non-target animals - onto the deck of a fishing vessel in the Mediterranean Sea. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

The deck of a trawler fishing vessel after their nets have been pulled aboard with fish from the French Mediterranean Sea. Nets are deployed with a camera and sensor that send information to the bridge of the vessel, indicating the fullness of the nets. Bycatch - animals who are not the fishing target - are numerous. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

A fish slaughterhouse that collects fish coming from several on-land farms. After transport, the fish are machine-stunned and then slaughtered. Stunning is not always successful before the fishes' throats are slit to bleed out. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.

A worker cuts off a shell while turtle is still alive at a market in Taiwan.

Worker bags live turtles after cutting their shells off at a market in Taiwan.

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