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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:
Changes in our Ammonia Measurement Protocols
We changed the way in which we measure ammonia to more accurately determine when fish welfare is affected.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Aug 273 min read
Monitoring and Evaluation Report of our Farm Program — July 2025
We recently published a report of our farm program’s M&E data for the first half of 2025.
Haven King-Nobles
Aug 13 min read
Study Results: Comparing Pond Edge vs. Interior Water Quality Sampling
We recently completed a short study to understand how water quality values differ when taken at different points in the farm.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 315 min read
Reflections on my FWI Internship
Our former intern, Annika, reflects on her month-long project with FWI and why other students should build their own internship abroad.
Annika Burman
Jul 256 min read
Resources for Remote Sensing
This post lists resources that may be helpful for those interested in water quality remote sensing.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 1110 min read
New Study: Assessing Welfare Levels in Early Life Stages of Indian Major Carps
We are launching a new study to better understand the welfare of Indian major carps in their earlier life stages.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 34 min read
Pre-Slaughter Stunning Phase 2: Foundational Research Reports and Next Steps
Based on the results of our foundational research on pre-slaughter stunning, we are proceeding with exploring chill kill and manual percussive stunning.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 39 min read
Announcing our Innovation Challenge Version 2: Remote-Sensing Water Quality with Satellites
We have relaunched our innovation challenge to develop remote sensing water quality monitoring—this time with a prize up to $100K.
Paul Monaghan
Jun 34 min read
Outcomes and Next Steps of Satellite Imagery Innovation Challenge Version 1
The results of our first satellite imagery innovation challenge are in, and unfortunately, no model has thus far met our minimum thresholds.
Paul Monaghan
Jun 34 min read
New Study: Outcome Evaluation of Our Water Quality Improvements
We are initiating an outcome evaluation for the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture to test whether the program’s corrective actions improve water quality.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
May 303 min read
Building Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This post reflects on some of the lessons we have learned about working in low- and middle-income countries.
Thomas Billington
May 265 min read
Announcing the ARA’s M&E Plan and Public Dashboard
This post introduces the ARA’s monitoring and evaluation plan and public dashboard, detailing the program’s key metrics.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Mar 272 min read
Announcing the Selection of Foundational Research Pre-Slaughter Stunning Projects
This post announces the two external projects we are funding to conduct foundational research on pre-slaughter stunning in India.
Haven King-Nobles
Feb 203 min read
Our 2024 Year in Review
This post discusses the successes and challenges of FWI’s work in 2024. Specific highlights include our R&D studies and farm program growth.
Haven King-Nobles
Jan 2712 min read
An Update on our Work on Satellite-Based Remote Sensing
This post gives an update on our satellite imagery project, including challenges that have arisen with prior study results.
Paul Monaghan
Jan 104 min read
Fourth Study of 2024: Developing a Welfare Assessment Protocol for Indian Major Carps
This post discusses our development of a protocol to more comprehensively understand the welfare of Indian major carps.
Haven King-Nobles
Dec 23, 20243 min read
Our Estimated Impact Surpassed 1 Million Fishes in 2024
FWI’s farm program has achieved its milestone of helping an estimated one million fishes in 2024.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Dec 23, 20243 min read
Project Updates From Our DVARA Partnership: Training & Handover
This post highlights the latest updates in our partnership with DVARA.
Abhishek Pandey
Dec 20, 20244 min read
Announcing FWI’s Innovation Challenge: Remote-Sensing Water Quality with Satellites
We are launching an Innovation Challenge to develop remote-sensing technology and help us with cost-effectively scaling our programming.
Paul Monaghan
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Latest Water Quality Data Update: July 2023 to October 2024
This post introduces the latest updates to the ARA dataset, now including water quality data collected from July 2023 to October 2024.
Siddharth Solanki
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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