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New papers out!
> Two new papers out!
Advancing fish welfare requires robust, science-based evidence — and our team has just published two studies that contribute to both aquaculture and wild capture fisheries.
📄 Study 1 — Biologging assessment of behavioural and physiological responses of European seabass
Using biologgers, we monitored locomotion, heart rate, acceleration and oxygen consumption during swimming and crowding challenges. These data allowed us to identify four welfare states, demonstrating the strong potential of biologging for fish stress response and welfare monitoring.
📄 Study 2 — Purse Seine Capture of Small Pelagic Species: A Critical Review of Welfare Hazards and Mitigation Strategies
Our review maps welfare hazards across all phases of purse seine operations — including prospection, setting, capture, hauling, emersion, gear release, sorting, storage, and stunning and slaughter — for Atlantic herring, Peruvian anchoveta, Atlantic chub mackerel, and Atlantic mackerel. We also highlight key mitigation measures.
📖 Read the full papers here and here, respectively.
(posted on 2025/12/05)
➜About us
FishEthoGroup is a team of motivated professionals focused on improving fish welfare based on their behaviours.
We develop scientific and applied actions to reach our goals by promoting research, helping to disseminate knowledge, giving consultancy, and training about fish welfare.Â
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Who we are
Who we are
We are a non-profit association bridging the gaps between science and the stakeholders in the aquaculture sector: producers, certifiers, retailers, NGOs, policy makers and consumers. Our goal is to study and improve the welfare of farmed fishes and other aquatic animals by applying ethological scientific knowledge into best practices in fish farming.
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What we stand for
What we stand for
Throughout the years, our team has been involved in many areas of the aquaculture sector, from scientific research to campaigning, from auditing to policy. We use that expertise to promote the welfare of fishes through many initiatives with our partners and collaborators.
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What we do
What we do
We develop science-based solutions to assess and improve the welfare of captive and wild-caught fishes. In our approach, we apply a strong background in aquaculture and ethology to address the welfare of fishes. We use state-of-the-art knowledge on the behaviour of a species to understand how its welfare is affected under farming conditions and what we can do to promote it.
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If you are interested in scientific and technical expertise applied to welfare in fish farming, please contact us.
We develop custom-made welfare solutions for your initiatives, as consultancy in farms or other facilities, tailored courses, guidance, certification requirements or systems, specific research studies and welfare protocols (see What we do).
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