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.

• Maia CM, Saraiva JL, Volstorf J, et al. Surveying the welfare of farmed fish species on a global scale through the fair-fish database. Journal of Fish Biology. 2024; 10.1111. doi:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15846.
• Oliveira AR, Cabrera-Álvarez MJ, Soares F, Diáz-Gil C, et al. Structural enrichment promotes natural behaviour and welfare of captive gilthead seabream broodstock. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 2024; 106289. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106289.

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

• 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.
• Arechavala López P (coordinator). A guide on fish welfare in Spanish Aquaculture - Volume 1: concepts and generalities. Asociación Empresarial de Acuicultura de España; 2022.

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

• Seminars at the Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD) / University of Padua - SENTINEL project (May 16-17, 2024)
  • João Saraiva: Mind the fish mind: fish sentience and implications and implications for welfare
  • João Saraiva: Fish welafre: an ethological approach
• 4th Annual Aquatic Life Conference (October 17, 2023):
  • María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: fair-fish database: welfare assessment of aquatic species in aquaculture (Essential Tools and Resources panel)
  • Caroline Marques Maia: talk: Investigating the state-of-the-art of fish welfare in farms using the fair-fish database (Essential Tools and Resources panel)

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

• Estudo: Uso de cordas em tanques de dourada melhora produção e bem-estar, barlavento, 30/05/2024.
• Enriquecimiento ambiental: innovaciones sencillas en los tanques de cultivo para mejorar el bienestar y la producción, ipac.acuicultura, 30/05/2024.
• APROMAR hace balance de la ejecución de los proyectos realizados y en curso en el marco de su departamento de Innovación, ipac.acuicultura, 14/03/2024.
• Las Recomendaciones del Fish Etho Group sobre bienestar animal serán la base de la próxima legislación, MisPeces.com, 12/02/2024.

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!