2025

I National Aquaculture Meeting - ENAQUA 25 (November 27, 2025):

• João Saraiva: plenary talk: Fish welfare in aquaculture: collective goals, challenges and solutions

11^o Congresso Brasileiro de Aquicultura e Biologia Aquática - Aquaciência 2025 (November 11, 2025):

• Caroline M. Maia: talk: Stressors and mitigation strategies in farmed fish across species and age: insights from the fair-fish database
• Caroline M. Maia: poster: European seabass prefer both roof and open space as structural enrichments when visiting, but avoid open space when spending time on them

XXII Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society (October 30, 2025):

• Caroline M. Maia: talk: Low-cost structural enrichment improves Nile tilapia welfare without affecting growth or survival 
• María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: The Influence of Environmental Enrichment and Habituation Duration on Behavioural Responses in Juvenile Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata)
• Esther Hoyo-Alvarez: talk: Behavioural states of European seabass in sea-cages: biologging and welfare assessment
• Caroline M. Maia: poster: Expanding the fair-fish database to fisheries: A tool for advancing fish welfare in wild catches

Aquaculture Europe 2025 ((European Aquaculture Society - EAS) (September 22, 2025):

• João Saraiva: talk: Stunning and slaughter methods on gilthead saebream: animal welfare and muscle quality assessment
• Esther Hoyo-Alvarez: talk: Behavioural and cariac responses of European seabass in sea-cages: insights for welfare states assessment
• Esther Hoyo-Alvarez: poster: Cardiac responses, activity and oxygen consumption of European seabass subjected to stress challenges

25th meeting of the Scientific Network on Risk Assessment in Animal Health and Welfare, Parma - Italy (April 2, 2025):

• João Saraiva: talk: Survey on fish husbandry systems in the EU

2nd Aquatic Animal Welfare Research and Practice Seminar, Hangzhou - China (March 28, 2025):

• María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: Impacts of environmental enrichment on fish welfare using heart rate as an assessment tool

2024

XXI Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society (December 6, 2024):

• João Saraiva: plenary speaker: Swimming with Tinbergen - An ethological approach to fish welfare
• Gonçalo Carneiro Oliveira: talk: The effect of pain on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) behaviour
• Esther Hoyo-Alvarez: talk: Characterizing fish welfare states through a behavioural and physiological assessment on European seabass

XLI Encontro Anual de Etologia - EAE 2024 (November 18, 2024):

• Caroline Maia: oral presentation: Divulgando comportamento e bem-estar de peixes – podcast Fish talk (Promoting Fish Behavior and Welfare – Fish Talk Podcast)

Workshop organized by REMA, the Aquaculture Experimentation and Monitoring Network of APROMAR4 (November 15, 2024):

• Pablo Arechavala: talk: An update on the project: "Fish welfare guide on the Spanish aquaculture: Vol. 4: Rainbow trout."

Animal Health Symposium 2024 (November 12, 2024):

• João Saraiva: talk: Mind the fish mind: consciousness, sentience and implications for aquaculture

International Fish Congress & Fish Expo Brasil 2024 (IFC) (September 24, 2024):

• Caroline Marques Maia: talk: Bem Estar Animal:da produção ao Abate humanitário - Impacto nos resultados e condicionante para acesso ao mercado (Animal Welfare: From Production to Humane Slaughter – Impact on Outcomes and a Condition for Market Access)
• Caroline Marques Maia: virtual banner: Enriquecimento estrutural com aguapés e abrigos artificiais melhora a qualidade da carne da tilápia do Nilo (Structural enrichment with artificial water hyacinths and shelters improves the flesh quality of Nile tilapia)

Aqua 2024 (August 26-30, 2024)

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish Welfare - current knowledge and benefits for production

Seminars at the Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD) / University of Padua - SENTINEL project (May 16-17, 2024)

• João Saraiva: talk: Mind the fish mind: fish sentience and implications and implications for welfare
• João Saraiva: talk: Fish welafre: an ethological approach

8th AquaFarm (February 12, 2024)

• João Saraiva: talk: Using ethology to improve farmed fish welfare and production

2023

24th Cal-Aqua- Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science Course (December 2023)

• João Saraiva: talk: Ethology, environmental enrichment and fish welfare

Cure4Aqua Project: Workshop on Operational welfare indicators for farmed seabass (November 25, 2023)

• João Saraiva: talk: Behavioural indicators of farmed fish welfare

Workshop de Lançamento de Diretrizes para o Bem-estar Animal na Piscicultura - Fórum Animal (November 11, 2023):

• Caroline Marques Maia: round table to discuss important topics related to fish welfare in aquaculture.

XL Encontro Anual de Etologia - EAE 2023 (October 30, 2023):

• Caroline Marques Maia: mini course: Divulgando etologia na sociedade a partir dos peixes: de textos a podcasts
  (Disseminating ethology on society based on fishes: from texts to podcasts)
• Caroline Marques Maia: oral presentation: Tilápia do Nilo visita tanto abrigo quanto ambiente complexo similarmente, mas prefere ficar mais tempo com o abrigo (Nile tilapia visit both shelter and complex environment similarly, but prefer to stay longer with the shelter)
• Caroline Marques Maia: talk in a coordinated session: Estado da arte sobre o bem-estar das espécies aquáticas de produção com base na fair-fish database (State of the art on the welfare of aquatic farmed species based on the fair-fish database)

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)

10^o Encontro de Divulgação Científica e Cultural - EDICC 10 2023 (October 17, 2023):

• Caroline Marques Maia: talk: Fish Talk: um podcast de divulgação científica sobre comportamento e bem-estar de peixes 

IFC International Fish Congress & Fish Expo Brasil 2023 (September 19, 2023):

• Caroline Marques Maia: talk: O bem-estar se paga: melhorar a qualidade de vida dos peixes eleva a produtividade e rentabilidade
• Caroline Marques Maia: virtual poster: Quais aspectos do bem-estar dos peixes têm maior probabilidade e potencial na aquicultura?

Aquaculture Europe 2023 (European Aquaculture Society - EAS) (September 18, 2023):

• João Saraiva: session opening lecture: Welfare and climate change in fish farming
• João Saraiva: talk: Assessing rainbow trout welfare at slaughter: an integrative approach using behavioural, physiological, proteomic and quality indicators with a novel temperature stunning method
• Maria Cabrera-Alvarez: talk: Seabream welfare during slaughter - behaviour and heart rate assessment
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Swimming and cardio-activity of european seabass reared in experimental sea cages
• Esther Hoyo-Alvarez: talk: Consciousness indicators and cardiac responses of European seabass to different slaughtering processes
• Ana Roque: talk: The effects of pre-sacrifice and crowding on the heart activity of commercial seabass

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

Seminar in China, at the invitation of Zhejiang University (July 30, 2023):

• João Saraiva: invited speaker: Mind the fish minds: an integrative approach in to fish welfare

Research and Practice of Aquatic Animal Welfare Conference (July 29, 2023):

• João Saraiva: keynote speaker: Fish welfare: fundamentals and applications

Extinction or Regeneration 2023 Conference (May 11, 2023):

• João Saraiva: invited speaker: The future of aquatic foods'

IEEE International Workshop on Measurements and Applications in Veterinary and Animal Sciences (April 26, 2023):

• João Saraiva: keynote spearker: Non-invasive indicators of fish welfare
• João Saraiva: co-chaired the session Non-invasive indices of welfare in farmed fish

Towards a more sustainable EU aquaculture - Compassion in World Farming event at EU Parliament (January 24, 2023):

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish welfare: a common goal

2022

Seminar at Shanghai Ocean University - Shanghai, China (December 5, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish Welfare: a common goal

XVIII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura in Cádiz, Spain (November 21, 2022):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Guía sobre el bienestar de los peces en la Acuicultura Española
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: co-chaired one welfare session and presented the talk: Enriquecimiento ambiental en doradas de acuicultura: fundamentos y aplicaciones en distintas fases (oral presentation)
• María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: oral presentation: Las tareas rutinarias en acuicultura alteran la frecuencia cardiaca de las doradas reproductoras

XXXIX Encontro Anual de Etologia (Brazilian Annual Ethology Meeting) - EAE 2022 (November 1, 2022):

• Caroline Marques Maia: talk: Divulgação científica em comportamento e bem-estar animal: um diálogo com a sociedade a partir dos peixes
• Caroline Marques Maia: oral presentation: Preferências e motivações em peixes: novas abordagens para o bem-estar animal
• Caroline Marques Maia: poster: Tilápia-do-Nilo prefere interagir com toca do que com estrutura complexa

XXII Seminário de Aquacultura - Associação Portuguesa de Aquacultores (October 28, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: Bem-estar animal na aquacultura: um objectivo comum

Investigação em Aquacultura: Contribuição para o crescimento azul - Instituto Português de Mar e Atmosfera (October 27, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: A importância do bem-estar e a ocorrência de patologias em peixes marinhos

Foro de los Recursos Marinos y de la Acuicultura de las Rías Gallegas' - ForoAcui XXIV (October 6, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: El bienestar de los peces: un objetivo común
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Enriquecimiento ambiental: una estrategia para mejorar la producción y el bienestar de los peces en cautividad

Aquaculture Europe 2022 (European Aquaculture Society - EAS) (September 27, 2022):

• João Saraiva: participated of a plenary session presenting the talk: The Move towards Circularity
• João Saraiva: moderator of the welfare session, presenting the talk: Domestication and Welfare on Farmed Fish
• María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: Husbandry procedures affect heart rate of broodstock of gilthead sea bream
• Ana Rita Oliveira: talk: Structural enrichment effects on the welfare of gilthead seabream sparus aurata broodstock

The IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology (SIBIC) (June 20, 2022):

• María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: talk: Husbandry procedure effects on brood-stock gilthead seabream’s heart rate housed under enriched and bare environments 
• Ana Rita Oliveira: talk: Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Welfare of Gilthead Seabream Broodstock

Jornadas do Mar - ICBAS - Universidade do Porto (March 27, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: Desafios da Aquacultura

Online event of Eurogroup for Animals - Fish welfare in aquaculture: the practical approach to husbandry, health and consumers (March 22, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: Interactive fish welfare training

Master in Animal Law and Society - Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (January 20, 2022):

• João Saraiva: talk: Mind the fish mind

2021

Webinar - The need for welfare legislation for aquatic animals (December 01, 2021):

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish have minds but who minds the fish?

VII Simpósio Zebrafish - como modelo animal de pesquisa (November 25, 2021):

• Caroline Marques Maia: participated of a round table presenting the talk: Respostas de preferência dos peixes aplicadas ao seu bem-estar com ênfase no zebrafish

XXXVIII Encontro Anual de Etologia & III Reunião de Biologia do Comportamento do Cone Sul (November 11-13, 2021):

• Caroline Marques Maia: talk: Avaliação de bem-estar em peixes de produção com base na FishEthoBase

Aquaculture Europe 2021 (European Aquaculture Society - EAS) (October 06, 2021):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Structural enrichment in gilthead seabream aquaculture - fundamentals and applications
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Environmental preference of Nile tilapia according to behavior traits
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Swimming activity of gilthead seabream in swim-tunnels 
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Suspended structural enrichment improves growth homogeneity of juvenile seabass stocks
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: The effect of tank cover on welfare of farmed Nile tilapia

Webinar - Unlocking the potential of tilapia aquaculture: innovation, welfare and sustainable development (July 28, 2021):

• Caroline M Maia: general facilitator of the webinar
• Caroline M Maia: talk: The 5 Domains applied to fish welfare, with an emphasis on Nile Tilapia

Simpósio de Bem-Estar em Peixes (Symposium of Fish Welfare) (July 02, 2021):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Enriquecimento Ambiental na Aquacultura
• João Saraiva: talk: FishEthoBase: uma plataforma mundial para o bem-estar em peixes 

Aquaculture Advisory Council - WORKING GROUP 1 Meeting (June 02, 2021):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Enrichment and meeting the ethological requirements of fish

Animal Welfare Group Nigeria - Webinar (May 19, 2021):

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish Welfare: an ethological approach

Associacion ibérica de zoos y acuarios - AIZA Annual Congress (May 12, 2021):

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish Welfare: an ethological approach

Aquaculture Europe 2020 - EAS2020  (April 12-15, 2021):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Structural enrichment in tanks enhances spatial cognition of juvenile gilthead seabream
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Using acoustic telemetry to monitor swimming behavior of gilthead seabream in sea cages (awarded)

Compassion in World Farming - Webinar (January 27, 2021):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Environmental Enrichment and Predator Control for Farmed Fish

2020

Portuguese Ethological Society annual congress SPE2020 (November 6, 2020)

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Influence of captive environments on fish ethology and welfare  

Aquatic Animal Welfare Conference (November 1-4, 2020):

• Maria Filipa Castanheira: talk: How to ensure good welfare practices in the aquaculture industry  
• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Environmental Enrichment And Fish Welfare In Aquaculture 
• João Saraiva: talk: Driving Mr Tinbergen – Ethology and welfare in fish farming

Aquaculture Advisory Council Fish Welfare Seminar (October 2, 2020):

• João Saraiva: talk: FishEthoBase - an open access database on fish ethology and welfare

Sciaena webinar cycle on sustainable aquaculture (June 18, 2020):

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Escapees and carrying capacity

Sciaena webinar cycle on sustainable aquaculture (June 2, 2020):

• João Saraiva: talk: Fish have minds but who minds the fish? 

2019

Intl. Tagung Angewandte Ethologie, Freiburg (November 18, 2019):  

• Billo Heinzpeter Studer: talk: Erarbeitung von praxistauglichen Fischwohl-Kriterien für die Aquakultur (Keynote on the CareFish project for Friend of the Sea)

CCMAR Seminar (November 14, 2019):  

• Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: talk: Enriching aquaculture to promote fish welfare

Aquaculture Advisory Council, Brussels (October 15, 2019): 

• João L. Saraiva: talk: Driving Mr. Tinbergen, ethology and welfare in fish farming

Nachhaltige Beschaffung von Fisch der Stadt Wien, Vienna (October 3, 2019):

• Billo Heinzpeter Studer: talk: Welchen Fisch kauf ich denn nun?

Eurogroup and Open Phlinathropy grantees, Brussels (June 11, 2019): 

• João L. Saraiva and Billo Heinzpeter Studer: talk: The Carefish project for FOS

1st Symposium on Welfare in Aquaculture, Swansea (May 14, 2019):

• Maria Filipa Castanheira: talk: Fish Welfare Criteria in Worldwide Aquaculture: the CareFish Project

"Rethink Fish", European Parliament, Brussels (March 6, 2019):

• João L. Saraiva: talk: Science-based evidence and directions for humane fish farming.