RIEL seminar series
Positive welfare: the next step for farmed fish
| Presenter | Prof. Sunil Kadri | |
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| Contact person | E: riel.outreach@cdu.edu.au | |
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CDU Casuarina campus, building Yellow 1, Level 1, Room 39 and online Zoom: https://charlesdarwinuni.zoom.us/j/83398482763 |
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| Open to | Public | |
While research on fish welfare began more than two decades ago, it has received much more attention in recent years as both scientists and society in general have come to increasingly accept that fish are capable of pain, and possibly even suffering. On this basis, interventions to improve fish welfare in aquaculture have focused on removing negative welfare. As research probes further into the possibility that fish are capable of emotions, we have begun to look at how to provide positive welfare for these animals in our care. This seminar will cover what that means, what we know, and where we are going in this field.
Prof. Kadri recently joined the Research Institute for Northern Agriculture and Drought Resilience at Charles Darwin University as Professor of Tropical Aquaculture, following three decades of supplying knowledge and technologies to the aquaculture industry. Alongside his commercial career, he has remained active in research on fish behaviour and fish welfare through Honorary appointments at the University of Glasgow (where he completed his PhD) and University of Stirling (where he obtained his MSc) and most recently the Universidad Austral de Chile, which was local to his home in Patagonia, prior to his move to Darwin.
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