Table 3.

Stunning/killing methods and indicators of consciousness used for the main slaughtered fish species in the surveyed fish-slaughter facilities.

	Stunning/killing methods						Indicators of unconsciousness
	Thermal shock	Electric water bath	Percussion	Asphyxia in air	Electric dry system	Sold alive*	Breathing	Eye movements	Coord. movements	Response to stimuli	Righting ability
Rainbow trout (n = 29)	7	17	7	4	1	-	24	10	19	10	10
Seabass-seabream (n = 21)	20	-	-	1	-	-	4	1	6	2	1
Arctic char (n = 14)	2	10	3	1	-	-	13	6	10	6	7
European eel (n = 12)	3	8	-	1	-	2	5	1	9	6	2
Sturgeon (n = 11)	3	3	6	-	2		7	4	6	5	6
Common carp (n = 6)	2	4	-	1	-	1	5	1	2	4	2
Brown trout (n = 5)	-	4	1	-	-	-	5	2	3	2	1

^*The practice “sold alive” is also reported.