1、Webinar prepared for:Public attitudes towards aquatic animal welfareSeptember 2024Survey prepared for:1.Background&research designBackground&objectives3EfA and CIWF aim to improve their understanding of citizens awareness and perception regarding aquatic animal welfare,as well as their attitudes and
2、 choices related to seafood consumption.The current research has 3 main goals:1.Acquire updated and relevant data to strengthen the advocacy effort of EfA&CIWF and effectively address emerging issues related to aquatic animal welfare.2.Gain strategic insights to shift citizens attitudes towards aqua
3、tic animal welfare and understand how to move seafood consumption patterns.3.Influence the upcoming EU legislative decisions and aquaculture certificationscheme developments.123Research design&sample4To answer the research questions,an online surveyof 12 minutes was designed,which 12 301 respondents
4、 from 12 different countries completed.The fieldwork ran from March 20thto April 5th2024.Data were weighted in each country to be nationally representative by age,gender and region.This report highlights the results from the 9 EU countries.The 12 countries included:China,Czech Republic,France,German
5、y,Greece,Italy,Poland,Spain,Sweden,The Netherlands,United Kingdom,USAPlease note that due to rounding,percentages on some graphs may add up to 101%,and the top-2 scores may differ by 1%from the actual underlying scores.Questionnaire5The questionnaire consisted of the following topics:-Background-Att
6、itudes Towards Animals-Importance&Awareness of Aquatic Animal Welfare-Consumption Habits&Behaviour-Welfare Labelling-Socio demo&Profiling2.Results2.1 Attitudes Towards Animals8Most people agree that fish can feel pain.There is more doubt on the emotional/intelligence statements,though the trend is p