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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:
The ARA Is Expanding to a New Region
Our farm program, the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture is adding farmers in a new region to expand our reach and help more fishes.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Jul 17, 20243 min read
Third R&D Study of 2024: Dissolved Oxygen Tolerance Assessment
This post discusses our newly-launched field study to assess what levels of dissolved oxygen and ammonia Indian major carps can tolerate.
Paul Monaghan
Jul 10, 20245 min read
Second R&D Study of 2024: Feed Fortification
We recently launched a new study to assess the impact and viability of feed fortification as a welfare intervention.
Paul Monaghan
Jun 29, 20244 min read
Satellite Imagery Study Findings
In February, we conducted a study to evaluate the use of satellite imagery to predict water quality remotely. This post shares our findings.
Paul Monaghan
Jun 19, 20244 min read
ARA Program Updates: Adjusted Visit Frequency, Improved Measurement System, and Tentative Oxygen Findings
We have improved essential processes in our farmer program, the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Jun 16, 20244 min read
Livelihood Organizations as a Scaling Mechanism and our Ongoing Project with DVARA
This post discusses a) the scaling potential of collaborating with livelihood organizations in India, and b) FWI's project with DVARA.
Abhishek Pandey
Jun 14, 20244 min read
Overview of our 2024 R&D Studies
This post discusses Fish Welfare Initiative's planned R&D studies for improving fish welfare in India in 2024.
Paul Monaghan
Mar 26, 20246 min read
First R&D Study of 2024: Validating Satellite Imagery to Detect Poor Water Quality
FWI is launching a study to assess the accuracy and reliability of satellite imagery to remotely detect water quality issues.
Paul Monaghan
Feb 19, 20244 min read
Fish Welfare Initiative's 2023 in Review
This post discusses our key outcomes and challenges from 2023.
Haven King-Nobles
Jan 25, 20248 min read
When Things Go Wrong: Addressing a Flaw in our Stocking Density Monitoring
This short post discusses how we identified and corrected an issue in our stocking density monitoring.
Haven King-Nobles
Jan 17, 20242 min read
Breathing Underwater: The Most Important Findings From Our Dissolved Oxygen Study
Fish Welfare Initiative recently conducted a study where we observed six fish farming ponds with known dissolved oxygen (DO) issues. ...
Thomas Billington
Jan 17, 20243 min read
Over 100 Farms Committed to Fish Welfare
We now have over 100 fish farms actively engaging with us to improve the welfare of their fishes!
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Jan 10, 20242 min read
Our 2024 Research & Development Plans for India
This post discusses the formation of FWI's R&D Department, as well as our high-level research plans for 2024.
Paul Monaghan
Dec 21, 20235 min read
Strategy Update: Broadening Our Research Mandate in India
In 2024, FWI will research alternative interventions and more innovative in-field strategies to help farmed fishes. Read more.
Haven King-Nobles
Nov 27, 20237 min read
Our Updated Water Quality Data Since 2021
We publish water quality and welfare data from ~100 farms, from the program’s inception in June 2021 up until June 2023.
Haven King-Nobles
Nov 18, 20232 min read
Our Vision for Helping Hundreds of Millions of Fishes
Our farmer work has helped over 1 million fishes and we want to help more. This blog post discusses how we envision scaling our program.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Jul 2, 20234 min read
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
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
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
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