Fish welfare consultancy, FAI, has released an online course in Chinese to help raise carp welfare standards.
The organisation calls the Chinese Grass Carp Welfare Indicators course a valuable resource to help boost the wellbeing and performance of farmed grass carp in China.
“More than 5.8 million tonnes of grass carp are produced every year, and the majority of these within China,” explained FAI’s aquaculture program manager, Dr Sara Barrento.
“FAI’s primary goal is to uncover welfare science, synthesise this knowledge and then put it in the hands of farmers. This is exactly what we’re doing with the launch of the Grass Carp Welfare Indicators course in Chinese.
“FAI has been at the forefront of driving aquatic welfare globally since 2018 and our experience shows farmers have the greatest influence on the welfare of animals in their care.”
Hosted on the FAI Academy website, the new course is also available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
The course gives an overview of FAI’s grass carp welfare indicators around nutrition, health, environment and behaviour, and outlines how farmers can identify welfare issues and include improved welfare practices in daily routines.
Along with this latest welfare course, FAI is planning on releasing a Chinese version of its new Grass Carp Aquaculture Manual shortly. FAI also produces online training resources for tilapia and shrimp alongside welfare assessment apps.
