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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:


Recent Strategy Updates: Our 2026 Goal, and Plans for 2025
This post discusses our plans for the next two years, as well as updates to our strategic thinking.
Haven King-Nobles
Nov 14, 20248 min read
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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
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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.
Haven King-Nobles
Nov 27, 20237 min read
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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.
Haven King-Nobles
Mar 3, 20234 min read
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Our 2023 Plans for Work in India
This post details our plans for our different programming to help fish in India in 2023.
Haven King-Nobles
Dec 16, 20223 min read
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Our One and Three Year Plans in China
This post summarizes our One and Three Year Plans for improving the welfare of fishes in China.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Aug 10, 20225 min read
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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.
Haven King-Nobles
Jun 9, 20225 min read
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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...
Thomas Billington
Jul 28, 20217 min read
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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...
Haven King-Nobles
Jan 29, 20219 min read
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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...
Thomas Billington
Dec 4, 20208 min read
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Theory of Change
Given the myriad of welfare issues fish endure in aquaculture, as well as the potential for improved fish welfare to support...
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 8, 20203 min read
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All of Our Work is a Pilot Program
We view all of our work as a pilot.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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New Strategy Updates
FWI has been in operation for 8 months. This is how our plans have evolved.
Haven King-Nobles
Mar 14, 20203 min read
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Introducing Fish Welfare Initiative
The following is cross-posted on the EA Forum. We’re excited to announce the launch of Fish Welfare Initiative (FWI), a new organization...
Haven King-Nobles
Oct 18, 20195 min read
830 views


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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