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Over 100 Farms Committed to Fish Welfare

Jennifer-Justine Kirsch

Jan 102 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!

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Our 2024 Research & Development Plans for India

Paul Monaghan

Dec 21, 20235 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.

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Strategy Update: Broadening Our Research Mandate in India

Haven King-Nobles

Nov 27, 20237 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.

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Our Updated Water Quality Data Since 2021

Haven King-Nobles

Nov 18, 20232 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.

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Our Vision for Helping Hundreds of Millions of Fishes

Jennifer-Justine Kirsch

Jul 2, 20234 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.

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Our First Successful Corporate Trial Run

Upasana Sarraju

Jun 15, 20236 min read

Our First Successful Corporate Trial Run

Read about our first successful attempt at facilitating corporate procurement of higher-welfare fishes in India.

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Results of Our Survey of 505 Fish Farmers in India

Upasana Sarraju

Jun 14, 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.

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Results of Our Small-Scale, Supplementary Feeding Test

Thomas Billington

Apr 1, 20237 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.

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Recent Strategy Changes: Investing More in Farmer-Centric Work

Haven King-Nobles

Mar 3, 20234 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.

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Our Estimated Impact has Surpassed 1M Fishes

Jennifer-Justine Kirsch

Feb 19, 20233 min read

Our Estimated Impact has Surpassed 1M Fishes

As of 2023, FWI has improved the lives of more than 1 million fishes across farms in India, Portugal, and the Philippines.

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Haven King-Nobles

Jan 25, 20238 min read

Our 2022 In Review

This post discusses our highlights, updates, and lessons learned from helping fish in India, China, and the Philippines in 2022.

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Announcing Version 2 of our Welfare Standard

Thomas Billington

Jan 1, 20238 min read

Announcing Version 2 of our Welfare Standard

After 12 months of research, we have set Version 2 of our welfare standard. Version 2 focuses on improving oxygen and phytoplankton control.

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Haven King-Nobles

Dec 16, 20223 min read

Our 2023 Plans for Work in India

This post details our plans for our different programming to help fish in India in 2023.

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Advancing Fish Welfare Policy Change in India

Rhiddhi Patel

Sep 30, 20226 min read

Advancing Fish Welfare Policy Change in India

This post summarizes our government outreach work so far, and our strategy for paving the way to strong fish welfare policies in India.

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FWI's Full First Year of Measurement Data

Haven King-Nobles

Sep 28, 20222 min read

FWI's Full First Year of Measurement Data

See FWI's water quality and other measurement data here.

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Catalyzing Fish Welfare in India Via The Alliance For Responsible Aquaculture

Meenal Rajapet

Sep 26, 20223 min read

Catalyzing Fish Welfare in India Via The Alliance For Responsible Aquaculture

Our learnings of the Indian aquaculture landscape and the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture’s role in catalyzing fish welfare in India.

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New Collaboration: Fipola to Introduce Higher Welfare Fish for the first time in India

Meenal Rajapet

Sep 26, 20223 min read

New Collaboration: Fipola to Introduce Higher Welfare Fish for the first time in India

We entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Fipola Retail Pvt. Limited—a modern meat retail chain in India.

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Engaging Corporations with Fish Welfare in India: Our First Roundtable Event

Meenal Rajapet

Aug 10, 20222 min read

Engaging Corporations with Fish Welfare in India: Our First Roundtable Event

This post summarizes our experience hosting India's first roundtable dialogue on fish welfare.

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Our Upcoming Test for Improving Dissolved Oxygen

Thomas Billington

Jul 28, 20222 min read

Our Upcoming Test for Improving Dissolved Oxygen

This post describes FWI's latest test aimed at improving dissolved oxygen, one of the largest welfare contributors for Indian major carp.

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FWI's New Theory of Change-Based Strategy

Haven King-Nobles

Jun 9, 20225 min read

FWI's New Theory of Change-Based Strategy

We recently made significant changes to our strategy for helping fish in India. This post discusses these changes.

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