Thank you to Vetted Causes for this thoughtful review of Shrimp Welfare Project’s work. I appreciate both the recognition of our cost-effectiveness and the constructive feedback on areas where we can improve.
I wanted to address a few points raised in the review:
Regarding monitoring stunner usage: It’s worth noting that our current monitoring approach is consistent with standard practice across the animal welfare movement, such as cage-free campaigns. Like these initiatives, we rely on retailers and producers facing potential public backlash if they fail to honor commitments made to their stakeholders. While this approach has driven significant progress in animal welfare to date, we’re excited to go further. We’re actually piloting the first version of a direct monitoring system in the next few months, with plans to iterate and improve as we learn.
On public information: This presents an interesting challenge for us. Our website must primarily serve industry stakeholders, whose communication expectations differ significantly from those in the EA community. Detailed numerical analyses and assumptions that would be appreciated by EA readers can sometimes be off-putting to corporate audiences. We’re actively trying to navigate this balance between different audience needs while maintaining our effective engagement with industry partners.
That said, we’re committed to transparency: We have prioritised our MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning) initiatives by transitioning our MEL Officer from a part-time to full-time role. She is currently upskilling through the AIM Research Program and will finish at the end of June, meaning Shrimp Welfare Project will have much stronger MEL capacity from the second half of 2025.
We’re grateful to be part of a community that values both impact and transparency, and we look forward to continuing to improve our work to help billions of shrimps.
Thank you to Vetted Causes for this thoughtful review of Shrimp Welfare Project’s work. I appreciate both the recognition of our cost-effectiveness and the constructive feedback on areas where we can improve.
I wanted to address a few points raised in the review:
Regarding monitoring stunner usage: It’s worth noting that our current monitoring approach is consistent with standard practice across the animal welfare movement, such as cage-free campaigns. Like these initiatives, we rely on retailers and producers facing potential public backlash if they fail to honor commitments made to their stakeholders. While this approach has driven significant progress in animal welfare to date, we’re excited to go further. We’re actually piloting the first version of a direct monitoring system in the next few months, with plans to iterate and improve as we learn.
On public information: This presents an interesting challenge for us. Our website must primarily serve industry stakeholders, whose communication expectations differ significantly from those in the EA community. Detailed numerical analyses and assumptions that would be appreciated by EA readers can sometimes be off-putting to corporate audiences. We’re actively trying to navigate this balance between different audience needs while maintaining our effective engagement with industry partners.
That said, we’re committed to transparency: We have prioritised our MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning) initiatives by transitioning our MEL Officer from a part-time to full-time role. She is currently upskilling through the AIM Research Program and will finish at the end of June, meaning Shrimp Welfare Project will have much stronger MEL capacity from the second half of 2025.
We’re grateful to be part of a community that values both impact and transparency, and we look forward to continuing to improve our work to help billions of shrimps.