Decapod crustaceans must be slaughtered using methods that ensure instantaneous insensibility or death. This factsheet summarises the 8 most common industrial slaughter methods from a welfare perspective.

Stunning crustaceans before slaughter is an important welfare standard for industry – read the facts around this important topic.

Explore the worlds of business and animal ethics, and how they interact.

Review the evidence relating to decapod sentience using a novel framework developed specifically for evaluating invertebrates.

New evidence supports electrical stunning as a potentially humane slaughter method for the edible crab, Cancer pagurus.

Explore evidence for sentience in decapods and understand cost-effective measures to avoid adverse effects on decapod well-being.

This paper unpacks research on crustacean stress during live transport and shows how exporters can maximise economic returns.