To support researchers engaging with with our research calls we partnered with Suranaree University in Thailand and Can Tho University in Vietnam in June 2024 to hold short training workshops on researching aquatic animal welfare. Details of those workshops including some of the materials presented are available here.
We continued this programme with two further masterclass events in October 2024:
14 October 2024, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16 October 2024, Suranaree University of Technology Bangkok Office, Phaya Thai, Thailand
The outline programme was as follows:
As spaces were limited, organisations were invited to nominate participants by Monday 23rd September with other potential participants invited to apply for a place through our contact form. The workshop locations are shown on the following maps.
Ho Chi Minh City venue: Tôn Đức Thắng University, T19 Đ. Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Tân Hưng, Quận 7, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam. Enter campus using Gate 2 and look for signs to the workshop.
Bangkok venue: หน่วยประสานงานมหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีสุรนารี กรุงเทพมหานคร, 128/243 อาคาร Payatai Plaza, ชั้น 22 Thung Phaya Thai, เขตพญาไท Bangkok 10400, Thailand (Located in Asia Centre Meeting Hub (QG4M+F6 Bangkok, Thailand)
Presentation Slides
Both Workshops
Introduction to the Improving Farmed Fish Welfare in Asia Project (John Bostock)
Introduction to the Delphi appreach used to pool the expertise of workshop participants (Amaya Albalat)
Welfare dimensions and Operational Welfare Indicators (Sonia Rey Planellas)
Update on Online Course Development and Journal Club (John Bostock)
Vietnam Case Studies
Awareness, behaviour, good practice and proposed solutions related to imporving animal welfare in shrimp value chains (Hoang Van Cuong)
Perceptions of farmed fish welfare by different stakeholders (Tran Min Phu)
Addressing the Aquatic Animal Welfare gaps in the Vietnamese eduction system (Pham Kim Long)
Fish Welfare in Vietnamese Markets Live-Holding Systems: A Health and Cost-benefit Analysis (Nghia Do Trong Phan)
Thailand Case Studies
Factors Influencing Farmed Fish Welfare Decisions in Thai Aquaculture Businesses (Asian Institute of Aquaculture)
Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Fish Vaccination in Thailand (Saengchan Senapin)
Effects of stocking density and time during transportation on stress, behavioural and morphological observations and metabolic changes in Nile tilapia fry and their impact on growth performances, survival and health status through juvenile stage (Surintorn Boonanuntanasarn)
Bridging Gaps in Aquaculture: A Field study on Economics and Fish Welfare in Thai Markets (Arnan Hirunratanakorn)