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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


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


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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