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.

• Prétôt, L, Agrillo, C, Bluck, BC, Cabrera-Álvarez, MJ, Héjja-Brichard, Y, Irwin, K, Klinke, A, Lucon-Xiccato, T, Newport, C, Segev, R, Yeager, J. ManyFishes: a big team science collaboration on fish comparative cognition. Animal Cognition. 2026. doi: 10.1007/s10071-025-02031-3
• Gräns, A, Cabrera-Álvarez, MJ, Oliveira, GDC, Saraiva, JL, Arechavala-Lopez, P, Bortoletti, M, Schwerte, T, Brijs, J.  Stunning challenges: Operational indicators flag failures, but neurological validation is needed to confirm stunning effectiveness in seabass and seabream,Aquaculture Reports. 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2025.103189.
• 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

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

• María J Cabrera-Álvarez (co-author).Enhancing Hong Kong's Aquaculture Competitiveness: The New Trend of Aquatic Animal Welfare. Planet for All; 2026
• 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

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

• National Aquaculture Meeting - ENAQUA 25 (November 27, 2025):
  • João Saraiva: plenary talk: Fish welfare in aquaculture: collective goals, challenges and solutions
• 11^o Congresso Brasileiro de Aquicultura e Biologia Aquática - Aquaciência 2025 (November 11, 2025):
  • Caroline M. Maia: talk: Stressors and mitigation strategies in farmed fish across species and age: insights from the fair-fish database
  • Caroline M. Maia: poster: European seabass prefer both roof and open space as structural enrichments when visiting, but avoid open space when spending time on them

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!