The FishEthoBase project was created with the scope of creating a framework to assess current and prospective welfare of farmed fish species. Ultimately, it aims not only to provide farmers with a powerful tool to improve the welfare of their animals, but also to offer a global perspective on which species may be farmed most humanely.
Under the scope of FishEthoBase, the Fish Ethology & Welfare (FEW) Summer Shoal 2017 meeting aims to gather perspectives from all stakeholders in the field, such as researchers, aquaculturists, policy makers and marketers. The meeting will take place in Monfalcone, Italia from September 2-5, 2017. Organizers invite proposals for communications on subjects related to fish ethology and fish welfare, including (but not limited to):
• ethology vs. other factors of fish welfare
• priority to findings in wildlife vs. findings in lab or farm
• species vs. strains
• Domestication
• Criteria for welfare assessment
Speakers confirmed so far:
- Dr. Leonor Galhardo, Lecturer at the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA-IU, Lisboa, Portugal: \"Farming fish – from stress to quality of life\"
- Dr. Fabrice Teletchea, Lecturer at the Université de Lorraine, Unité Recherche Animal URAFPA, Nancy, France: \"Are all farmed fish in aquaculture domesticated?\"
- Dr. Paolo Bray, Founder and Director of Friend of the Sea, Milano, Italy: \"Fish welfare as an added value to a certification scheme\"
- Dr. Pablo Arechavala, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA-UIB/CSIC) and Reviewer FishEthoBase, Mallorca, Spain: \"Let the octopus talk to you: behavioural indicators of welfare\"
as well as researchers of FishEthoBase: - Dr. Maria Filipa Castanheira, Vienna, Austria: \"Coping styles in farmed fish: consequences for aquaculture\"
- Dr. Joao Luis Saraiva, Faro, Portugal: \"Driving Mr Tinbergen: The four questions of ethology applied to fish welfare.\"
- Billo Heinzpeter Studer, Monfalcone, Italy: \"The idea behind FishEthoBase\"
