Presentations

2025

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 this year (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)

10o 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):

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):

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: 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):

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.






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