FISH WELFARE INITIATIVE

420K fish potentially helped through welfare improvements 

1.2M shrimp potentially helped through welfare improvements

FWI recently published their 2021 in Review. In India, FWI recently held two local events where they discussed the importance of animal welfare in aquaculture with several dozen farmers and community leaders. This is part of their strategy for increasing farmer engagement in, as well as public and government support for, their Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture (ARA). 58 fish farms are currently enrolled in the ARA and are improving the welfare of fish on their farms. In China, FWI is preparing to host the first ever fish welfare forum at ICCAW’s World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare (January 2022).

Hit 50th farmer commitment to Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture in India (November 2021)

Secured India’s first corporate commitment for fishes (September 2021)

Launched Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture to work with farmers in India to improve fish welfare (June 2021)

Completed China and Philippines Scoping Reports (December 2020)

Hired India Managing Director, Karthik Pulugurtha (October 2020)

Completed India Scoping Report (October 2020)

Completed Vietnam Scoping Report (March 2020)

Estimated lives improved: 420,000 fishes

Connections: Met with 18 government officials and 9 corporations in India

Movement Building: Built a team of 8 full-time people in India, 6 of whom are new to the animal movement

Welfare Improvements R&D: Experimented with different welfare improvements for farmed carps in India 

Precedent: Secured India’s first corporate commitment for fishes

EA Community Recognition: Recipient of 5 separate grants from the EA Animal Welfare Fund