“We (still) need more aquatic animal projects” by Aaron Boddy🔸, Tom Billington

This is a Draft Amnesty Week draft. It may not be polished, up to my usual standards, fully thought through, or fully fact-checked.  Commenting and feedback guidelines: This post was written by Aaron (co-founder of Shrimp Welfare Project), Tom (co-founder of Fish Welfare Initiative), and ChatGPT. We're posting it thanks to Draft Amnesty week and likely wouldn't have published it otherwise. It's also been a while since we were actively working on it - we started it in late 2023, but deprioritised by early 2024 due to other commitments. This draft was written by GPT after working through these ideas a little. We think it does a good enough job of communicating these ideas, but the whole post has an unmistakable GPT-smell... Introduction Although there has been an increase over the last few years in EA work for aquatic animals, there are still significant gaps and challenges in this space. [...] ---Outline:(00:09) Introduction(00:58) Why we need more groups working in the aquatic animal space(01:04) There are not that many people working in this space(02:08) Situations are vastly different between regions, species, and interventions(02:49) We need more innovation(04:02) The White Space of Aquatic Animals(05:06) Exploring Different Species(05:28) Country-Specific Interventions(05:51) Diverse Intervention Strategies(06:13) Encouraging Similar Initiatives(06:43) Conclusion--- First published: February 26th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/kbyHDghApitfHAezD/we-still-need-more-aquatic-animal-projects --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.