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Here we post organizational updates, research, and more. You can scroll down to view our posts sorted by when they were posted, or click below on the tags that most interest you:


Our First Successful Corporate Trial Run
Read about our first successful attempt at facilitating corporate procurement of higher-welfare fishes in India.

Upasana Sarraju
Jun 15, 20236 min read


Results of Our Survey of 505 Fish Farmers in India
Here are our learnings from a large survey of 505 Indian aquaculture farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Upasana Sarraju
Jun 14, 20235 min read


Prioritizing Fish Species for Our China Work
We discuss how and why we helped identify 2 species to prioritize for welfare interventions in China—grass carp and large yellow croaker.

Lu Chen
Apr 21, 20235 min read


Results of Our Small-Scale, Supplementary Feeding Test
We share the results of a small-scale test we concluded recently, on the effects of reduced supplementary feeding.

Thomas Billington
Apr 1, 20237 min read


Our Latest Culture Survey Results
This post shares the results of our latest culture surveys, including the positive, the negative, and our plans to improve.

Haven King-Nobles
Mar 24, 20236 min read


Recent Strategy Changes: Investing More in Farmer-Centric Work
Read about about our revised theory of change in this post. Over coming years, we expect to be scaling direct farmer work for better impact.

Haven King-Nobles
Mar 3, 20234 min read


Our Estimated Impact has Surpassed 1M Fishes
As of 2023, FWI has improved the lives of more than 1 million fishes across farms in India, Portugal, and the Philippines.

Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Feb 19, 20233 min read


Our 2022 In Review
This post discusses our highlights, updates, and lessons learned from helping fish in India, China, and the Philippines in 2022.

Haven King-Nobles
Jan 25, 20238 min read


Announcing Version 2 of our Welfare Standard
After 12 months of research, we have set Version 2 of our welfare standard. Version 2 focuses on improving oxygen and phytoplankton control.

Thomas Billington
Jan 1, 20238 min read


Our 2023 Plans for Work in India
This post details our plans for our different programming to help fish in India in 2023.

Haven King-Nobles
Dec 16, 20223 min read


Advancing Fish Welfare Policy Change in India
This post summarizes our government outreach work so far, and our strategy for paving the way to strong fish welfare policies in India.

Rhiddhi Patel
Sep 30, 20226 min read


FWI's Full First Year of Measurement Data
See FWI's water quality and other measurement data here.

Haven King-Nobles
Sep 28, 20222 min read


Catalyzing Fish Welfare in India Via The Alliance For Responsible Aquaculture
Our learnings of the Indian aquaculture landscape and the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture’s role in catalyzing fish welfare in India.

Meenal Rajapet
Sep 26, 20223 min read


Our One and Three Year Plans in China
This post summarizes our One and Three Year Plans for improving the welfare of fishes in China.

Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Aug 10, 20225 min read


Engaging Corporations with Fish Welfare in India: Our First Roundtable Event
This post summarizes our experience hosting India's first roundtable dialogue on fish welfare.

Meenal Rajapet
Aug 10, 20222 min read


Our Upcoming Test for Improving Dissolved Oxygen
This post describes FWI's latest test aimed at improving dissolved oxygen, one of the largest welfare contributors for Indian major carp.

Thomas Billington
Jul 28, 20222 min read


Results from Our Recent Culture Survey
FWI regularly conducts culture surveys with our staff to ensure that we are living up to our values. This post includes our latest results.

Haven King-Nobles
Jun 10, 20224 min read


FWI's New Theory of Change-Based Strategy
We recently made significant changes to our strategy for helping fish in India. This post discusses these changes.

Haven King-Nobles
Jun 9, 20225 min read


Aquatic Animal Welfare in China
FWI is proud to have hosted the first-ever aquatic welfare Forum at a conference in China.

Lu Chen
May 26, 20223 min read


FWI’s Recent Capacity Building Workshops on Fish Welfare
This post explores the outcomes of FWI's monthly capacity building workshops on fish welfare for aquaculture farmers in Andhra Pradesh,

Meenal Rajapet
Apr 18, 20222 min read
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