“Two Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase” by Aaron Boddy, Andres Jimenez

Summary Shrimp Welfare Project launched in Sep 2021, via the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program. We aim to reduce the suffering of billions of farmed shrimps. This post summarises our work to date, what we plan to work on going forward, and clarifies areas where we’re not focusing our attention. This post was written to coincide with the launch of our new (Shr)Impact page on our website. We have four broad workstreams: corporate engagement, farmer support, research, and raising issue salience. We believe our key achievements to date are: Corporate engagement: Our Humane Slaughter Initiative (commitments with large producers to purchase electrical stunners, such as MER Seafood, and Seajoy), ongoing conversations with UK retailers (including Marks & Spencer, who now have a published Decapod Welfare Policy), and contributing to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council's (ASC) Shrimp Welfare Technical Working Group. Humane Slaughter Initiative: This work in particular seems to be our most promising [...] ---Outline:(00:08) Summary(06:22) Our Work So Far(06:35) Corporate Engagement(07:54) Farmer Support(09:14) Research(11:21) Raising Issue Salience(12:40) What Were Doing Now(13:01) Humane Slaughter Initiative(15:23) Sustainable Shrimp Farmers of India (SSFI)(16:53) Shrimp Welfare Index(18:59) What We Arent Doing(19:56) Wild-Caught(22:39) Specialisation work(25:55) ”Shrimp-Inclusive” work(28:31) How You Can Help(28:34) Funding(29:04) ASC stakeholder consultation(30:15) Volunteer or work with us(31:11) Newsletter and social media(31:49) Start a “shrimp welfare project”--- First published: September 25th, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Qo3559TqP5BzoQyWX/two-years-of-shrimp-welfare-project-insights-and-impact-from --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.