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 and Gonçalves de Freitas E. Preference, avoidance, motivation and their importance to fish welfare. Fish and Fisheries. 2023. doi: 10.1111/faf.12812.
• Saraiva JL, Faccenda F, Cabrera-Álvarez MJ, Povinelli M, Hubbard PC, Cerqueira M, Farinha AP, Secci G, Tignani MV, Rodriguez LFP, Parisi G. Welfare of rainbow trout at slaughter: Integrating behavioural, physiological, proteomic and quality indicators and testing a novel fast-chill stunning method. Aquaculture. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740443
• Maia CM. Individuality really matters for fish welfare. Veterinary Quarterly. 2023. doi: 10.1080/01652176.2023.2270653

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.
• Saraiva JL (coordinator). Using ethology to improve farmed fish welfare and production. Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC); 2022.

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

• 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)
• Behaviour 2023 Conference (August 14, 2023):
  • María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: 'A behavioural and physiological approach for the study of welfare in seabream broodstock exposed to environmental enrichment'
  • María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: 'Welfare assessment of farmed aquatic species using the fair-fish database'

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

• Las Recomendaciones del Fish Etho Group sobre bienestar animal serán la base de la próxima legislación, MisPeces.com, 12/02/2024.
• La Comisión avanza en la legislación europea sobre bienestar animal de los peces, ipac.acuicultura, 12/02/2024.
• ¿Cómo se certifica el bienestar de los peces de acuicultura?, The Conversation, 14/09/2023
• Att leva i en fiskodling (Living in a fish farm), Deep Sea Reporter - youtube channel, 31/08/2023
• O abate de peixes pode (e deve) ser humanitário, Panorama da Aquicultura, 11/07/2023.

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!