Can fish feel pain? | AUT Ocean Matters

Welcome to Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Research Matters! 🚀 AUT’s Research Matters video series is where AUT academics answer everyday questions about their fields of expertise. Get the answer to those questions you’ve always had – or maybe never knew to ask. Why are the oceans so important to planet Earth? How can we best protect them? Are sharks forever damned because of Jaws? Senior lecturer Dr Dan Breen, a marine biologist in AUT’s School of Science, answers your ocean-related questions! 🌊 Welcome to Ocean Matters. 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Is it true that space is better explored than our oceans? 01:33 Is Ocean pollution or over-fishing worse? 02:21 Tell us about the impact of the industrial revolution on snapper in the Hauraki Gulf? 03:38 How have orange roughy stocks recovered from over-fishing? 04:31 Can fish feel pain/ do fish have feelings? 05:15 How well protected are NZ seas? 07:11 Why are coral reefs so important and how can we best protect them? 08:30 What’s your favourite marine animal and why? 08:58 Do you get seasick? 09:23 Do you support a ban on bottom-trawling? 10:05 Why are sharks so important to the marine ecosystem? 11:22 Is it too late to save our seas? Read Dan’s academic profile: https://academics.aut.ac.nz/daniel.breen 📚See Dan’s research and publications: https://academics.aut.ac.nz/daniel.breen/publications Learn about the “energy seascapes” research: https://www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/news-at-zmt/events/mapping-energy-seascapes-using-fish-behaviour-to-uncover-ecosystem-health-along-a-turbidity-gradient-on-a-solomon-islands-coral-reef.html 🎥Watch the research in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqDzXo7MmFI