Fish Five
This is our interview podcast programme, where we delve into the fascinating world of fish behavior and welfare through the perspectives of renowned scientists and experts in the field.
Each episode focuses on a key topic, with our guest sharing valuable insights in a concise and engaging format. Through five thought-provoking questions, we aim to spark curiosity, deepen understanding, and shed light on the critical issues affecting fish and their welfare.
«Episode 6»
Behavioural diversity & welfare in aquaculture
Have you ever wondered whether all fishes experience the same farming environment in the same way? Fishes show consistent individual differences in behaviour, often described as coping styles or personalities. So how can we better recognise and accommodate behavioural diversity in aquaculture? That’s exactly the focus of today’s episode.
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The Fish Mind Programme
This podcast programme focuses on the capacity of fishes to suffer, feel other affective states, and display great cognition abilities. The idea is to present this important information in an informal dialogue of a few minutes. The programme is composed by independent episodes or by series of podcasts about the same theme if it needs more time to be explored. The Fish Mind is part of a project that results from a collaboration with Centro de Aquicultura da Unesp (Caunesp) in Brazil.
«Fish Abilities: Fish Learning»
English
Did you know that fishes can learn from experience? Although learning is often associated with mammals and birds, scientists have demonstrated that fishes are also capable of acquiring information, remembering it and using it to cope with the challenges they face every day in the wild. In this episode of The Fish Mind, we are going to talk about learning in fishes: how they adjust their behaviour based on previous experiences and what this ability allows them to do
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The fair-fish database Programme
The idea of this program is to provide information about farmed and wild-caught aquatic species, focusing on their natural needs, behaviors, farming conditions, and welfare risks in fisheries; all this in just a few words - less than 3 min. Thus, the 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 and fished aquatic species.
«Series 22»
Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
Did you know that the production of this fish remain challenging and costly, with farming largely relying on wild individuals as spawners?
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Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)
Did you know that this carnivorous species live in the water column, although it is also found over reefs or at fish-aggregating devices?
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Algerian barb (Luciobarbus callensis)
Algerian barb inhabits both lentic and running waters and is found mainly over stones, pebbles, and gravel in rivers.
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