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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:
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
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
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
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
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
Announcing FWI’s New Stunning Initiative in India
We are launching a multi-phase project aimed at introducing and scaling pre-slaughter stunning for farmed fishes in India.
Haven King-Nobles
Oct 3, 20244 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
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
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
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
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
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