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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:
Meenal Rajapet
Apr 18, 20222 min read
FWI’s Recent Capacity Building Workshops on Fish Welfare
This post explores the outcomes of FWI's monthly capacity building workshops on fish welfare for aquaculture farmers in Andhra Pradesh,
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Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Mar 17, 20225 min read
SAGE Pioneers Effective Stunning for Fish in India
Our corporate partner SAGE attempted stunning before slaughter for their pangasius -- the first effort of this kind we're aware of in India.
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Thomas Billington
Mar 4, 20225 min read
Assessing Version 1 of our Standard
FWI has been applying Version 1 of our welfare standard for 9 months in India. This post preliminarily assesses Version 1's impact on fish.
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Haven King-Nobles
Jan 23, 20225 min read
Our 2021 Year in Review
2021 was a year of immense growth for Fish Welfare Initiative. We doubled our budget, tripled our team size, and transitioned from...
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Haven King-Nobles
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Announcing FWI's First Corporate Partner
On September 21, 2021, SAGE Organics, a Hyderabad-based sustainability brand, committed to improving fish welfare. In doing so, SAGE...
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Thomas Billington
Jul 28, 20217 min read
Why We're Ending Our Pilot Study Early
This blog post outlines what we believe is one of the biggest mistakes we’ve made as an organization: launching a pilot study that proved...
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Karthik Pulugurtha
Jun 6, 20215 min read
Announcing the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture
We are excited to announce the launch of the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture (ARA) – a first-of-its-kind collective of farmers and...
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Haven King-Nobles
Jan 29, 20219 min read
Our 2020 Year in Review
2020 was Fish Welfare Initiative’s first full year of operations. In it, FWI changed significantly: we shifted from focusing primarily on...
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Thomas Billington
Jan 27, 20213 min read
Our Welfare Improvements in India
This post discusses the fish welfare improvements we are helping farmers implement in India.
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Thomas Billington
Dec 4, 20208 min read
Strategy Update: Our Main Initiative
Over the past year, Fish Welfare Initiative has conducted farm visits and secondary research to identify the most promising ways to help...
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