Health & Welfare
California bans octopus farming and sales, citing animal welfare concerns
California bans octopus farming and the sale of farmed octopus products, citing animal welfare and environmental sustainability concerns.
Innovation & Investment
Responsible Aquaculture Innovation Award Finalist: Tiny Fish finds value-added products for small fish
Responsible Aquaculture Innovation Award Finalist Tiny Fish humanely harvests farmed fish, deemed too small for grow-out, for nutritional purposes.
Health & Welfare
Partnership aims to boost efficiency and fish welfare through expanded ROV use in salmon farming
Underwater Contracting and Mowi plan to expand ROV use in salmon farming to boost efficiency and fish welfare in aquaculture.
Health & Welfare
Study: 83% of southern Europeans support humane fish slaughter
Most southern Europeans support humane fish slaughter, underscoring the value of animal welfare for Greece’s aquaculture industry.
Health & Welfare
FAI aims to boost fish welfare in Egypt with new partnership
New FAI partnership with CLAR aims to transform Egypt’s fish welfare practices, enhancing tilapia health and industry sustainability.
Health & Welfare
New Tesco seafood procurement policy addresses welfare of farmed decapod crustaceans
Tesco has implemented a new procurement policy aimed at improving the welfare of farmed decapod crustaceans like shrimp.
Health & Welfare
Egyptian workers complete farmed tilapia welfare training
More than 120 Egyptian aquaculture workers have completed specialized training to enhance tilapia welfare and fish productivity.
Intelligence
Study shows consumers value animal welfare over sustainability when buying meat and dairy
Consumers value animal welfare over sustainability, highlighting the need for labeling strategies to target consumer preferences.
Health & Welfare
Is the regulation of fish welfare based on scientifically validated criteria?
Study argues that applying Mertonian skepticism on claims of sentience and pain in fish and aquatic invertebrates is scientifically sound and prudent.
Health & Welfare
Greek aquaculture company installs humane fish stunner for sea bass, sea bream and pagrus
Installation of humane fish stunner from Ace Aquatec yields ‘transformative’ results for the Mediterranean aquaculture company, Philosofish.
Health & Welfare
Trailer-mounted fish stunner ‘transforms’ operations for Australian Murray Cod producer
Aquna Sustainable Murray Cod report a "vast improvement" in welfare and efficiency since installing a trailer-mounted in-water fish stunner.
Health & Welfare
Aquaculture tech firm to trial novel fish welfare technology with Mowi Canada West
Novel "ecosystem-supporting" technology may improve fish welfare and performance, and reduce interactions between wild and farm-raised fish.
Innovation & Investment
‘Happier and healthier’: New fish transportation technology emphasizes voluntary movement
East Coast Innovation's Voluntary Swim-In fish transportation technology minimizes fish stress and enhances survival rates for aquaculture.
Health & Welfare
Study investigates the effect of the anesthetic isoeugenol on fish
A new study could enable the "informed and more targeted application" of isoeugenol anesthesia on fish, with animal welfare implications.
Health & Welfare
Ace Aquatec launches in-water portable prawn stunner to improve aquaculture welfare
The company's Prawn Humane Stunner Universal can stun prawns unconscious in less than one second, improving animal welfare in aquaculture.
Health & Welfare
Vision quest: Behind Norwegian researchers’ high-tech approach to fish welfare assessments
Nofima's DeepVision project explores how hyperspectral cameras can improve the speed and accuracy of fish welfare assessments in aquaculture.