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.

• Saraiva JL, Rachinas-Lopes P and Arechavala-Lopez P. Finding the “golden stocking density”: A balance between fish welfare and farmers' perspectives. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2022. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.930221.
• 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
• 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

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

• Studer BH (ed). Fish welfare in aquaculture — Problems and approaches (Animal Husbandry in the Focus series). Munich, Germany: International Society of Livestock Husbandry (IGN); 2020.
• Arechavala-López PA, Saraiva JL. Welfare Of Cultured And Experimental Fishes. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI; 2019. doi:10.3390/books978-3-03921-711-3
• Volstorf J. Knowledge as prerequisite for fish welfare — FishEthoBase as a basis. In: Studer BH (Ed.); Fish welfare in aquaculture - Problems and approaches, 45-55. Germany: IGN - International Society of Livestock Husbandry, 2020.
• 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.

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?

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

• New study reveals there’s no “golden stocking density” when it comes to fish welfare, The Fish Site, 09/09/2022.
• ¿Es posible encontrar “la densidad de cultivo de oro” como si fuera el Santo Grial?, MisPeces.com, 28/07/2022.
• Projeto melhora a vida dos animais em cativeiro, Jornal da Uma, TVI station (56'48''- 59'07''), 01/12/2021.
• Novo guia identifica estratégias para melhorar a vida dos peixes de aquacultura, CCMAR (Centro de Ciências do Mar) News, 13/10/2021.
• Estudo da Universidade do Algarve na base da discussão de transporte de peixes vivos na UE, Observador, 12/06/2021.

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 our FishEthoBase, the first online database to assemble ethological knowledge of farmed fishes.

Go on and discover all our episodes already released here!