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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:
A Grieving Mother and the Perils of Pacific Northwest Salmon Hatcheries
The following post was written by a Fish Welfare Initiative volunteer, Margaux Cudaback, who is an undergraduate studying Environmental...
Margaux Cudaback
Aug 26, 20205 min read
Climate Change, Aquaculture, and Fish Welfare
Addressing welfare today can increase the resilience of farmed fish to climate change.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Aug 18, 20206 min read
Theory of Change
Given the myriad of welfare issues fish endure in aquaculture, as well as the potential for improved fish welfare to support...
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 8, 20203 min read
All of Our Work is a Pilot Program
We view all of our work as a pilot.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Collaboration between Fish Welfare Initiative and Aquatic Life Institute
This blog post is a summary of a post we wrote on the Effective Altruism Forum. See full post here. Written by William Bench, Tom...
Haven King-Nobles
Jun 8, 20202 min read
We visited wet markets in three different countries. Here’s what we saw.
Beyond their risks for spreading disease, wet markets also have nonexistent welfare standards for the animals being sold in them.
Sophia Babb
May 1, 20204 min read
Fish Groups Utilized by Humans
With roughly 33,600 species of fish worldwide, it comes as no surprise that humans have found numerous ways of utilizing them.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Apr 20, 202016 min read
Takeaways from FWI's Hiring Process
We recently completed our first hiring process. This is how we did it, and what we found.
Haven King-Nobles
Apr 6, 20202 min read
Do fish feel pain?
A common belief is that the biology of a fish is too simple to process pain. But anatomically, fish are not “too simple” to feel pain.
Sophia Babb
Apr 3, 20203 min read
New Strategy Updates
FWI has been in operation for 8 months. This is how our plans have evolved.
Haven King-Nobles
Mar 14, 20203 min read
Introducing Fish Welfare Initiative
The following is cross-posted on the EA Forum. We’re excited to announce the launch of Fish Welfare Initiative (FWI), a new organization...
Haven King-Nobles
Oct 18, 20195 min read
Why focus on fish?
With all the animal suffering going on in the world, why should we work on fish?
Haven King-Nobles
Aug 23, 20196 min read
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