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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:
Thomas Billington
Jan 17, 20243 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. ...
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Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Jan 10, 20242 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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