Presentations

2023

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

  • João Saraiva: Fish welfare: a common goal

2022

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

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

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

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

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

  • João Saraiva: 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: 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: 'El bienestar de los peces: un objetivo común'
  • Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: '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: 'The Move towards Circularity'
  • João Saraiva: moderator of the welfare session, presented 'Domestication and Welfare on Farmed Fish'
  • María J. Cabrera-Álvarez: 'Husbandry procedures affect heart rate of broodstock of gilthead sea bream'
  • Ana Rita Oliveira: '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: Husbandry procedure effects on brood-stock gilthead seabream’s heart rate housed under enriched and bare environments 
  • Ana Rita Oliveira: Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Welfare of Gilthead Seabream Broodstock

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

  • João Saraiva: 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: Interactive fish welfare training

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

  • João Saraiva: Mind the fish mind

2021

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

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

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

  • Caroline Marques Maia: 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: 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: Structural enrichment in gilthead seabream aquaculture - fundamentals and applications
  • Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Environmental preference of Nile tilapia according to behavior traits
  • Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Swimming activity of gilthead seabream in swim-tunnels 
  • Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Suspended structural enrichment improves growth homogeneity of juvenile seabass stocks
  • Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: 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: 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: Enriquecimento Ambiental na Aquacultura (Environmental Enrichment in Aquaculture)
  • João Saraiva: FishEthoBase: uma plataforma mundial para o bem-estar em peixes (FishEthoBase: a world platform for fish welfare) 

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

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

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

  • João Saraiva: Fish Welfare: an ethological approach

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

  • João Saraiva: Fish Welfare: an ethological approach

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

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

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

2020

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

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

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

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

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

  • Pablo Arechavala-Lopez: Escapees and carrying capacity

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

2019

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

  • Billo Heinzpeter Studer: 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: Enriching aquaculture to promote fish welfare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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






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