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

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Aerial view of meandering in-pond fish pens with lone wooden boat at a green-water aquaculture site
01 Nov
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Riding the Waves of Change: Navigating Aquaculture’s Ethical Depths for a Sustainable Future

  • November 3, 2023
  • By author-avatar 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 author-avatar 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 author-avatar Shelly Steffler
Aquaculture is experiencing remarkable growth in Kenya, and in August, our team embarked on an enlightening journ...

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29 Aug
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Mapping the status quo of farmed Nile tilapia welfare in Egypt

  • February 29, 2024
  • By author-avatar Wasseem Emam
Discover our journey in reshaping animal welfare norms in Egyptian aquaculture. Our commitment to ethical practic...

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11 Aug
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The welfare of sturgeon farmed for caviar

  • September 10, 2023
  • By author-avatar 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 author-avatar 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 author-avatar 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 author-avatar 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 author-avatar 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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