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.

• Arechavala-Lopez P, Cabrera-Álvarez MJ, Maia CM, Saraiva JL. Environmental enrichment in fish aquaculture: A review of fundamental and practical aspects. Reviews in Aquaculture. 2021. doi: 10.1111/raq.12620
• 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

• 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
• Novo guia identifica estratégias para melhorar a vida dos peixes de aquacultura, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 13/10/2021.
• New book on Fish Welfare edited by CCMAR researchers, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 11/12/2019
• Welfare in farmed fish: towards the next level in aquaculture, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 14/12/2018

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

• Aquaculture Europe 2021 (October 06, 2021):
  Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Structural enrichment in gilthead seabream aquaculture
• Webinar - Unlocking the potential of tilapia aquaculture: innovation, welfare and sustainable development (July 28, 2021):
  Caroline M Maia: general facilitator of the webinar
• 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
• Sciaena webinar cycle on sustainable aquaculture (June 2, 2020):
  João Saraiva: Fish have minds but who minds the fish?