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

• Schuck-Paim, C, Alonso, WJ, Pereira, PA, Saraiva, JL, Cerqueira, M, Chiang, C, Sneddon, LU. Quantifying the welfare impact of air asphyxia in rainbow trout slaughter for policy and practice. Scientific Reports. 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-04272-1
• Maia, CM, Gauy, ACS, Gonçalves-de-Freitas, E. Fish Welfare in the Ornamental Trade: Stress Factors, Legislation, and Emerging Initiatives. Fishes. 2025. doi: 10.3390/fishes10050224
• Favero Neto, J, Maia, CM, de Oliveira, R, Giaquinto, PC. Nile Tilapia Prefer Water Hyacinth as Structural Enrichment Regardless of Stocking Density. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 2025. doi: 10.1080/10888705.2025.2496498.

Some of the most relevant books and chapters we already published are listed below.

• Arechavala López P (coordinator). A guide on fish welfare in Spanish Aquaculture - Volume 4: welfare of rainbow trout. Asociación Empresarial de Acuicultura de España; 2025.
• Saraiva, J, Brijs, J, Cabrera-Álvarez, MJ, Arechavala-Lopez, P, Gräns, A. Blueprint for research to detect loss of consciousness and/or sensibility of fish at slaughter. EU Reference Centre for Animal Welfare Aqua (EURCAW Aqua), Zenodo; 2024
• Quintiliano MH, Maia CM, Pedrazzani AS, Molento CF and Saraiva JL. Aquatic Animal Welfare as a Driver for the Improvement of Food Production Systems. Research Topic - Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2023; 10. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1297306
• Huntingford F, Kadri S, Saraiva JL. Welfare of cage cultured fish under climate change. In: Woo P and Subasinghe RP (Eds.) Climate Change on Diseases and Disorders of Finfish in Cage Culture, 3rd edition; CABI; 2023. doi: 10.1079/9781800621640.0000.

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

• XXI Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society this year (December 6, 2024):
  • João Saraiva: plenary speaker: Swimming with Tinbergen - An ethological approach to fish welfare
  • Gonçalo Carneiro Oliveira: talk: The effect of pain on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) behaviour
  • Esther Hoyo-Alvarez: talk: Characterizing fish welfare states through a behavioural and physiological assessment on European seabass
• XLI Encontro Anual de Etologia - EAE 2024 (November 18, 2024):
  • Caroline Maia: oral presentation: Divulgando comportamento e bem-estar de peixes – podcast Fish talk (Promoting Fish Behavior and Welfare – Fish Talk Podcast)

Some news, interviews and other kind of media coverage about our work are listed below.

• New study quantifies fish slaughter pain and cost-effectiveness of welfare solutions, Phys.org, 06/06/2025
• Novo Artigo Mostra que Tilápias-do-Nilo Preferem Aguapés Artificiais como Abrigo, Aquaculture Brasil, 08/05/2025
• Neuropeptídeos em Peixes: Nova Perspectiva para Avaliação do Bem-Estar Animal, Aquaculture Brasil, 11/03/2025
• Qualidade da água afeta comportamento dos peixes de aquacultura, revela estudo, Jornal do Algarve, 31/01/2025
• Una revisión científica evidencia cómo la calidad del agua afecta al comportamiento de los peces, y con ello al bienestar y al crecimiento, ipac.acuicultura, 30/01/2025

We create our own podcast episodes, and here you will find them. Fish Talk podcast is focused on episodes that show important characteristics about fishes related to their natural needs, behaviours, abilities and environmental conditions - including farms, both considering the species individually or general aspects relevant for any species. 

Our main programme is composed of series of very brief podcasts focused on fish species with profiles already published in the fair-fish database, the first online database to assemble ethological knowledge of farmed fishes.

Go on and discover all our episodes already released here!