Papers

Our research activitites are hosted at the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) in Faro, Portugal. Some of the most recent and relevant papers we have published are listed below.

• Arechavala-Lopez P, Caballero-Froilán JC, Jiménez-García M, et al. Enriched environments enhance cognition, exploratory behaviour and brain physiological functions of Sparus aurata. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68306-6.
• Muñoz L, Aspillaga E, Palmer M, Saraiva JL, Arechavala-Lopez P. Acoustic Telemetry: A Tool to Monitor Fish Swimming Behavior in Sea-Cage Aquaculture. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2020. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00645.
• Saraiva JL, Arechavala-López PA, Castanheira MF, Volstorf J, Studer BHeinzpeter. A Global Assessment of Welfare in Farmed Fishes: The FishEthoBase. Fishes. 2019. doi:10.3390/fishes4020030

All our papers can be found here.

Books & magazine articles

• Arechavala-López PA, Saraiva JL. Welfare Of Cultured And Experimental Fishes. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI; 2019. doi:10.3390/books978-3-03921-711-3
• Saraiva JL, Castanheira MFilipa, Arechavala-López PA, Volstorf J, Studer BHeinzpeter. Domestication and Welfare in Farmed Fish. In: Animal Domestication. Animal Domestication; 2018. doi:10.5772/intechopen.77251
• New book on Fish Welfare edited by CCMAR researchers, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 11/12/2019
• Summer Shoal for the first time in Portugal, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 30/09/2019
• Welfare in farmed fish: towards the next level in aquaculture, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 14/12/2018

Presentations

Some of our most recent presentations at Webinars and Conferences are listed below.

• Compassion in World Farming - Webinar (January 27, 2021):
  Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Environmental Enrichment and Predator Control for Farmed Fish
• Portuguese Ethological Society Annual Congress SPE2020 (November 6, 2020):
  Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Influence of captive environments on fish ethology and welfare
• Aquatic Animal Welfare Conference (November 1-4, 2020):
  Maria Filipa Castanheira: How to ensure good welfare practices in the aquaculture industry
  Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Environmental Enrichment And Fish Welfare In Aquaculture 
  João Saraiva: Driving Mr Tinbergen – Ethology and welfare in fish farming
• Sciaena webinar cycle on sustainable aquaculture (June 2, 2020):
  João Saraiva: Fish have minds but who minds the fish?