💡 From June 10–12, 2025, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), in collaboration with FishEthoGroup Association (FEG) and Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), hosted an intensive, hands-on course on ethological methods and animal behavioural data analysis in Esporles, Mallorca.
Over three days, participants:
✔️ Studied the four levels of behavioural analysis (evolution, function, development, mechanisms)
✔️ Practiced ethogram development and data collection techniques
✔️ Applied their skills in a real-life setting at Palma Aquarium
This course combined theory and application, empowering attendees with tools for scientific research and animal behaviour studies. Thank you to everyone who made this course such a success!
(posted on 2025/06/16)
➜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.
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.
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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