Driven by the desire to adopt a “bottom up” approach to welfare, FAI Farm’s new website and associated app will enable farmers to improve monitoring.

Attended by over 500 people, this year’s Global Shrimp Forum in Utrecht featured presentations on animal welfare for the first time. 

The UK government’s decision to legally recognise decapod crustaceans as sentient is being acknowledged in the research community. 

New report by Aquatic Life Institute claims animal welfare can support global sustainability goals.

Seafood professionals are set to discuss the pressing need for improved animal welfare at this year’s Global Shrimp Forum.

Marks & Spencer has publicly shared its commitment to higher welfare standards for crabs, lobsters, prawns, nephrops and crayfish.

UK processing equipment manufacturer Ace Aquatec has been back in the news for supplying its first trailer-mounted in-water electrical stunner to a seafood producer.

Aquaculture Magazine stresses the urgent need for the farmed prawn industry to consider sentience and welfare in production systems.