Institute of Aquaculture MSc student Nsogbu Wadike, carried out his research project in Thailand, supported through the Open Philanthropy funded “Improving Farmed Fish Welfare in Asia” initiative.
Can Tho University recently held a workshop in the framework of the project “Perceptions of farmed fish welfare by different stakeholders: a focus on small-scale fish farms in Mekong Delta, Vietnam”
The Vietnam Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning report initial findings on the status of awareness, behaviour and best practices for shrimp value chains in Vietnam.
Experts from the Polish Society for Conservation Genetics LUTREOLA visited Đồng Tháp Community college to provide training for staff and students on sampling procedures to create operational welfare indicators for basa fish.
In early June, Simão Zacarias joined a field trip organised by one of our partner projects that is working on perceptions and attitudes towards fish vaccination in Thailand.
Simão Zacarias attended the Vietshrimp Aquaculture International Fair in Ca Mau, Vietnam and gave a presentation on the potential of adopting high welfare practices.
Simão Zacarias and one of our local project partners recently visited an integrated catfish (Pangasius) farm as part of the ongoing welfare hotspot analysis.
The Vietnam Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning (VIFEP) report on the start-up of their research project: “Assessing the status of awareness, behavior, best practices and proposing solutions related to improving animal welfare in shrimp value chains in the Mekong River Delta in Viet Nam”
As part of the ongoing welfare hotspot analysis, Simão and Prof. Surintorn from Suranaree University of Technology, visited three farms in Nakhon Ratchasima and Nakhon Sawan.