03 Nov

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Farming Tuna on Land Heralded as a Win for Sustainability – but there are Serious Concerns around Animal Welfare

• November 4, 2023
• By Wasseem Emam

Wasseem Emam, University of Stirling Atlantic bluefin tuna used to be caught only relatively rarely, mainly by sports...

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01 Nov

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Riding the Waves of Change: Navigating Aquaculture’s Ethical Depths for a Sustainable Future

• November 3, 2023
• By Shreya Padukone

Our World in Data recently released statistics that hundreds of millions of fish are slaughtered every day.1 This...

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01 Oct

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From Land to Water: Cultivating Compassion for Sustainable Animal Agriculture

• November 2, 2023
• By Shreya Padukone

In recent years, there has been a gradual shift in consumer consciousness, corporate practices, and policy approa...

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12 Sep

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Exploring Kenyan Aquaculture: Two Approaches to Fish Farming

• October 10, 2023
• By Shelly Steffler

Aquaculture is experiencing remarkable growth in Kenya, and in August, our team embarked on an enlightening journ...

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11 Aug

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The welfare of sturgeon farmed for caviar

• September 10, 2023
• By ESR guest writer Rachael Adams

High in the mountains in the Spanish Pyrenees sits a fish farm. Here, sturgeon are kept in barren concrete tanks ...

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14 Jun

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Regal Springs ensures sustainable tilapia traceability

• September 10, 2023
• By Wasseem Emam

Ethical Seafood Research (ESR) believes that the significance of traceability in the seafood industry simply ca...

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17 May

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Elevating the status of animal welfare in aquaculture

• September 10, 2023
• By Wasseem Emam

The aquaculture sector provides a major source of animal protein in many key parts of the world, particularly the...

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14 Apr

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A Call for Sustainable Food at COP28

• September 10, 2023
• By Wasseem Emam

In conjunction with over 140 youth and civil society organisations, the official youth constituency (YOUNGO) to t...

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14 Apr

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A Glimpse into ‘Aqua-Cultured Foods’

• September 10, 2023
• By Wasseem Emam

One of the most exciting developments on the horizon is the rise of ‘alternative seafood’. A recent TechCrunch ar...

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24 Jan

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Tragedy strikes Berlin’s AquaDom: A Wake-Up Call for Fish Welfare

• September 10, 2023
• By Wasseem Emam

At the end of 2022, a devastating incident shook the aquatic world when Berlin's AquaDom aquarium suffered a ...

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