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FEG at Aquaculture Europe 2026!
> FishEthoGroup at Aquaculture Europe 2026
We were pleased to see three members of the FishEthoGroup team — Joao L. Saraiva, Pablo Arechavala-Lopez and Fábio Barroso — representing FEG at Aquaculture Europe 2026, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 28 September to 1 October.
This year's conference, organised around the theme “Aquaculture in Global Change”, brought together the international aquaculture community to exchange knowledge on the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
Our team contributed through chairing sessions, scientific talks and discussions focused on topics connected to fish behaviour, welfare and the development of more welfare-oriented approaches to aquaculture.
Scientific conferences such as Aquaculture Europe are essential spaces for sharing evidence, challenging ideas and building collaborations. We are glad to contribute to this dialogue and to continue bringing fish behaviour and welfare to the centre of discussions about the future of aquaculture.
> Thank you to the organisers, colleagues and everyone who joined our presentations and discussions in Ljubljana.
(posted on 2026/10/02)
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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.
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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
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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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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