Fish welfare

TagLast edit: Mar 25, 2022, 9:12 PM by Pablo

Fish welfare is the study of interventions aimed at improving the welfare of fish.

Further reading

Torrella, Kenny (2021) The next frontier for animal welfare: Fish, Vox, March 2.
An informative popular overview of the main issues surrounding fish welfare.

External links

Fish Count. A website focused on increasing understanding and awareness of fish sentience.

Related entries

animal welfare | Aquatic Life Institute | crustacean welfare | farmed animal welfare | Fish Welfare Initiative

The moral ambiguity of fishing on wild aquatic animal populations

Michael St Jules 🔸May 6, 2024, 11:03 PM

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New EA Fish Orgs: Collaboration between Fish Welfare Initiative and Aquatic Life Institute

williamJun 4, 2020, 3:40 PM

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Introducing Fish Welfare Initiative

Tom BillingtonOct 8, 2019, 5:38 PM

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Rethink Priorities’ Welfare Range Estimates

Bob FischerJan 23, 2023, 11:37 AM

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Which animals are most affected by fishing?

Michael St Jules 🔸Nov 25, 2024, 5:39 AM

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A Vegan Case for Eating Sardines and Anchovies

Chris PopaJul 8, 2025, 3:22 PM

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Cleaner Fish: A Neglected Issue Within A Neglected Issue

Martine Klock FletenMay 9, 2021, 9:32 AM

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The responsiveness of aquatic animal supply

Michael St Jules 🔸Apr 17, 2024, 6:05 AM

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Badness of eating farmed animals in terms of smoking cigarettes

Vasco Grilo🔸Jul 22, 2023, 8:45 AM

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Ten Big Wins for Farm Animals in 2021

EA Forum ArchivesDec 25, 2021, 3:39 AM

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Notes from “Cognition, welfare, and the problem of interspecies comparisons”

Barry GrimesNov 16, 2021, 9:17 AM

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Why Anima International suspended the campaign to end live fish sales in Poland

Jakub StencelDec 30, 2022, 5:47 PM

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Fishing-aquaculture substitution and aquafeeds

Michael St Jules 🔸Jun 3, 2024, 5:39 AM

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Underwater Torture Chambers: The Horror Of Fish Farming

Bentham's BulldogJul 26, 2023, 12:08 AM

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Sustainable fishing policy increases fishing, and demand reductions might, too

Michael St Jules 🔸Apr 25, 2024, 12:11 AM

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Shrimp welfare in wild-caught fisheries: New detailed review article

Ren RybaDec 19, 2023, 9:35 PM

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How much do Europeans care about fish welfare? (An analysis of relevant surveys)

sauliusJun 22, 2020, 3:08 PM

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[LINK] Farmed Fish Welfare Report

kierangreig🔸Apr 24, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Marginal Funding to Support Novel Fish Welfare Interventions

havenNov 15, 2024, 10:17 AM

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Slaughter of farmed seabass and seabream in Europe: Literature review

Ren RybaOct 9, 2023, 11:03 PM

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A Brief & Recent History of Fish: What I learned in a weekend

Spencer R. EricsonMay 8, 2023, 7:58 AM

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Hiring Process and Takeaways from Fish Welfare Initiative

havenApr 6, 2020, 5:30 AM

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Fish Welfare Initiative India’s Karthik Pulugurtha on fish welfare

Karthik PalakodetiOct 1, 2023, 11:49 AM

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Fish Welfare Initiative’s 2023 in Review

havenFeb 1, 2024, 5:27 AM

84 points

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Scale of the welfare of various animal populations

Vasco Grilo🔸Mar 19, 2023, 7:10 AM

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Research for Effective Fish Welfare Work

JenniferJul 20, 2020, 12:05 PM

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Humane slaughter in Mediterranean sea bass and bream aquaculture

Ren RybaMar 21, 2024, 8:00 PM

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Fish Feel Pain

Bentham's BulldogJul 10, 2025, 7:34 PM

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Two Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase

Aaron Boddy🔸Sep 25, 2023, 8:24 AM

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Being swallowed live is a common way for wild aquatic animals to die

Michael St Jules 🔸Jun 9, 2024, 12:01 AM

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170 to 700 billion fish raised and fed live to mandarin fish in China per year

Michael St Jules 🔸Jun 8, 2024, 12:45 AM

117 points

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Cost-effectiveness of the fish welfare interventions recommended by Ambitious Impact, and Fish Welfare Initiative’s farm program

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 24, 2025, 5:35 PM

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The Determinants of Adopting International Voluntary Certification Schemes for Farmed Fish and Shrimp in China and Thailand

jojo_leeNov 17, 2022, 12:02 PM

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Aquatic Life Conference

Group OrganizerMay 29, 2024, 12:10 AM

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Atlantic bluefin tuna are being domesticated: what are the welfare implications?

Amber DawnNov 6, 2023, 4:46 PM

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Aquatic Life Conference

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Funder Opportunity: Aquatic Animal Funding Circle

Zoë Sigle 🔹Nov 13, 2024, 10:17 PM

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EAGxVirtual 2020 lightning talks

EA GlobalJan 25, 2021, 3:32 PM

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Linkpost: Prospective cost-effectiveness of farmed fish stunning corporate commitments in Europe

Sagar K ShahMar 15, 2024, 3:06 PM

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[Linkpost] Why pescetarianism is bad for animal welfare—Vox, Future Perfect

GarrisonMar 16, 2023, 3:33 PM

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Cost-effectiveness of electrically stunning rainbow trout

Vasco Grilo🔸Aug 22, 2025, 4:42 PM

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Writing about my (old) job: Fisheries scientist in government

Ren RybaDec 7, 2023, 12:13 AM

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Sharks probably do feel pain: a reply to Michael Tye and others

Max_CarpendaleFeb 4, 2019, 1:51 PM

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EU farmed fish policy reform roadmap

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Aug 22, 2023, 7:00 PM

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EA needs more humor

SWKDec 1, 2022, 5:30 AM

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[Question] Go fishing to save fish from a worse death?

yanni kyriacosAug 15, 2023, 4:11 AM

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New cause area: bivalve aquaculture

Brian LuiJun 12, 2022, 11:14 AM

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The scale of animal agriculture

Michael St Jules 🔸May 16, 2024, 4:01 AM

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Is mosquito net fishing really net-positive?

Rachel ShuJan 22, 2024, 1:58 AM

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Why Certify? Aquatic Life Institute’s Impact Implementation Via Seafood Certification

Tessa @ ALINov 7, 2023, 3:04 AM

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[Question] Needed: Volunteer forecasters for Fish Welfare Initiative

havenNov 21, 2020, 7:15 PM

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[Question] For vegetarians: Is there plausibly a kind of fish farm that would make eating fish ethical?

Luke EureJan 30, 2022, 7:16 AM

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Fish farming: the invisible crisis we can no longer ignore

zoenewtonMar 29, 2025, 6:59 PM

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Cause exploration: improving wild fish slaughter [half-baked, post-deadline]

Aaron BergmanAug 12, 2022, 10:47 AM

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A direct way to reduce the catch of wild fish

Ren RybaJun 21, 2022, 10:09 AM

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Forecasting farmed animal numbers in 2033

Hannah McKay🔸May 9, 2025, 12:42 PM

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How we started our own EA charity (and why we decided to wrap up)

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Charity Entrepreneurship: Graduate lightning talks

EA GlobalJul 3, 2020, 2:48 PM

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Seeking Support: Help Fish Welfare Initiative Develop Remote Sensing Technology

havenDec 17, 2024, 4:33 PM

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Chicken reforms and veg advocacy may contribute to the Small Animal Replacement Problem—it’s not just environmental strategies

Jim BuhlerJun 3, 2025, 2:33 PM

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Policy advocacy against salmon stocking in Canada does not seem worth it

Thijs JacobsFeb 14, 2025, 9:26 AM

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Fish Welfare Initiative Strategy Update: Broadening Our Research Mandate in India

havenNov 28, 2023, 1:37 PM

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CE: Who underrates their likelihood of success. Why applying is worthwhile.

SteveThompsonNov 3, 2022, 10:17 AM

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The Welfare Range Table

Bob FischerNov 7, 2022, 10:19 AM

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Megaprojects for animals

JamesÖz 🔸Jun 13, 2022, 9:20 AM

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Challenges in Aquatic Animal Stunning

KvPelt🔹Oct 24, 2024, 6:32 AM

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William Shatner joins Pacific Wild in message against fish farms.

Nathan CashionJun 24, 2024, 9:33 PM

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Fish Welfare Initiative and Marginal Funding

havenNov 21, 2023, 11:16 AM

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Sentientia, Reversomelas, and the Small Animal Replacement Problem

Jim BuhlerMay 15, 2025, 12:29 PM

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Must We Hurt Even The Little Animals?

Bentham's BulldogNov 26, 2024, 6:35 PM

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Banding Together to Ban Octopus Farming

Tessa @ ALINov 30, 2022, 2:14 PM

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[Question] What’s up with the bristlemouth, the most populous fish?

Bentham's BulldogDec 8, 2024, 4:58 PM

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Some information on the use of fish oil in aquaculture

Avi NorowitzMar 31, 2019, 10:50 PM

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Aquatic Animal Funding Recommendations

Zoë Sigle 🔹Aug 14, 2025, 5:17 PM

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Individuation is a Key Challenge in Animal Welfare Technology

Vasco Grilo🔸May 29, 2025, 5:06 PM

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#205 – The most insane things fish can do (Sébastien Moro on The 80,000 Hours Podcast)

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Will a food carbon tax lead to more animals being slaughtered? A quantitative model

Soemano ZeijlmansJan 3, 2025, 9:21 PM

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Early Bird Fee for ICARE’s Contemporary Issues in Animal Rights Law (CIARL) Live Course Ends 15 Sept!

Marine LercierSep 13, 2025, 9:03 AM

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Seeking Input for Applying Satellite Tech to Reduce Farmed Fish Suffering

havenJul 10, 2024, 6:43 PM

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Seeking Researchers to Investigate Farmed Fish Stunning in India

havenOct 8, 2024, 10:03 AM

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Monthly Spotlight: Welfare Footprint Institute

Animal Charity EvaluatorsOct 1, 2025, 4:49 PM

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35-150 billion fish are raised in captivity to be released into the wild every year

sauliusApr 2, 2019, 1:16 PM

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Fish used as live bait by recreational fishermen

sauliusAug 8, 2018, 8:56 PM

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Why You Should Build Your Own EA Internship Abroad

Annika BurmanJul 22, 2025, 8:33 PM

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Beliefs About Chickens & Fish And Their Relationship To Animal-Positive Behaviors

Casey RiordanNov 11, 2020, 5:04 PM

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Neuron Count-Based Measures May Currently Underweight Suffering in Farmed Fish

MHR🔸Dec 13, 2022, 8:05 PM

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Why I Think All The Species Of Significantly Debated Consciousness Are Conscious And Suffer Intensely

Bentham's BulldogNov 20, 2024, 4:11 PM

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Fish Welfare Initiative’s 2024 in Review

havenJan 28, 2025, 9:02 PM

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Unexpected Global Response to WFF Study on Trout Slaughter and Welfare Impact

jan pavuk helpingJul 16, 2025, 9:16 PM

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