University of Algarve

    Improving Fish Welfare

    Improving Fish Welfare

    There are more than 400 species of fish being farmed globally. Most of them spend their entire lives in barren conditions. It’s a lifelong suffering.

    Saving Seahorses

    Saving Seahorses

    The population of seahorses in Ria Formosa in southern Portugal was probably the largest in the world. But in the mid-2010s, it collapsed, and 95% of the seahorses disappeared. Climate change, poachers, and environmental pollutants are believed to be the causes.