Books
The Welfare of Fish, 2020, Editors: Tore S. Kristiansen, Anders Fernö, Michail A. Pavlidis, Hans van de Vis. Springer Cham. 515pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41675-1
FISHWELL Atlantic salmon welfare handbook, 2018. Editors: Noble, C., Gismervik, K., Iversen, M. H., Kolarevic, J., Nilsson, J., Stien, L. H. & Turnbull, J. F. Nofima, 351pp. https://nofima.com/results/the-english-version-of-the-fishwell-atlantic-salmon-welfare-handbook-is-out-now/
Posters
European Public Perceptions of Fish Welfare (Eurogroup for Animals)
FISHWELL Morphological Operational Welfare Indicators (OWI’s) for farmed Atlantic salmon v1.1 (Nofima)
Enrichment for fish during rearing (Compassion in World Farming Food Business)
Reports
Humane slaughter of finfish farmed around the world (Humane Slaughter Association, 2018)
The welfare of farmed fish during slaughter in the EU (Compassion in World Farming, 2018)
On-farm Welfare Standards in Aquaculture (Eurogroup for Animals, 2022)
Decapod Crustaceans and Cephalopod Molluscs in EU Animal Welfare Legislation (Eurogroup for Animals, 2021)
Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans (London School of Economics, 2021)
Fish Welfare Scoping Report: Vietnam (Fish Welfare Initiative, 2020)
Fish welfare in aquaculture - Problems and approaches (International Society of Livestock Husbandry, 2020)
Animal Welfare Indicators - Guidelines (VDFF, 2018)
Shrimp Welfare Report (The Shrimp Welfare Project, 2022)
The Snapshot 2023: Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare (Crustacean Compassion, 2023)
RSPCA - 2021 Welfare Standards for Farmed Salmon
Academic Papers
Albalat, A., Zacarias, S., Coates, C.J., Neil, D.M., Planellas, S.R., 2022. Welfare in Farmed Decapod Crustaceans , With Particular Reference to Penaeus vannamei 9, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.886024
Browning, H., 2023. Improving welfare assessment in aquaculture. Front. Vet. Sci. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1060720
Chambers, J.A., Crumlish, M., Comerford, D.A., Phuoc, L.H., Phuong, V.H. & O’Carroll, R.E. 2022. Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in Vietnamese Fish Farmers. Antibiotics. 11, 878. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/878
Coelho, M.E.G., Pedrazzani, A.S., Quintiliano, M.H., Bolfe, F., Molento, C.F.M., 2022. Fish slaughter practices in Brazilian aquaculture and their consequences for animal welfare. Anim. Welf. 31, 187–192. https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.2.003
Huntingford, F.A., Adams, C., Braithwaite, V.A., Kadri, S., Pottinger, T.G., Sandoe, P. and Turnbull, J.F. 2006. Review Paper: Current issues in fish welfare. Journal of Fish Biology, 68, 332-372 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.001046.x
Huntingford, F., Rey, S., Quaggiotto, M.M., 2020. Behavioural fever, fish welfare and what farmers and fishers know. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2020.105090
Jones, M., Alexander, M.E., Snellgrove, D., Smith, P., Bramhall, S., Carey, P., Henriquez, F.L., McLellan, I., Sloman, K.A., 2022. How should we monitor welfare in the ornamental fish trade? Rev. Aquac. 14, 770–790. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12624
Lertwanakarn, T., Purimayata, T., Luengyosluechakul, T., Grimalt, P.B., Pedrazzani, A.S., Quintiliano, M.H., Surachetpong, W., 2023. Assessment of Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) Welfare in the Semi-Intensive and Intensive Culture Systems in Thailand. Animals 13, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152498
Mood A, Lara E, Boyland NK and Brooke P (2023). Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019. Animal Welfare, 32, e12, 1–16 https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2023.4
Stentiford, G.D., Bateman, I.J., Hinchliffe, S.J., Bass, D., Hartnell, R., Santos, E.M., Devlin, M.J., Feist, S.W., Taylor, N.G.H., Verner-Jeffreys, D.W., van Aerle, R., Peeler, E.J., Higman, W.A., Smith, L., Baines, R., Behringer, D.C., Katsiadaki, I., Froehlich, H.E., Tyler, C.R., 2020. Sustainable aquaculture through the One Health lens. Nat. Food 1, 468–474. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0127-5
Pedrazzani, A.S., Quintiliano, M.H., Bolfe, F., Sans, E.C. de O., Molento, C.F.M., 2020. Tilapia On-Farm Welfare Assessment Protocol for Semi-intensive Production Systems. Front. Vet. Sci. 7, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.606388
Pedrazzani A.S., Cozer, N., Quintiliano, M.H., Santos Tavares, C. P. dos, deSiva, A.T., & Ostrensky, A. Non-Invasive Methods for Assessing the Welfare of Farmed White-leg Shrimp. Animals 2023, 13, 807. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13050807
Other articles
Nautilus - Fish are not insentient dullards
Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) - Press Release - “There can be no fish farming without fish welfare”
Databases, Software & Apps
Courses
FAI Academy - Tilapia Welfare Online Courses
GAIN - Sustainability of aquaculture products online course
The Centre for Responsible Seafood - Courses in humane harvesting and sentience in Aquatic Animals
Edinburgh University - Coursera - Animal behaviour and welfare
Videos
Video from the EU SEAT project (2013) discussing the introduction of the fish welfare standards in Scottish Aquaculture and likely similar developments in Asia
Explainer from the WELFISH project
Introductory video from the Global Seafood Alliance
More in-depth discussion of practical fish welfare issues from University of California Davis
Short video of an electric stunner in action from University of California Davis
Recording of the Second Symposium on Welfare in Aquaculture (26/11/2020)
Rethink Fish - From Compassion in World Farming
Blue Planet: Pufferfish “crop circles”
Blue Planet: Fish that use tools