RT Journal Article
T1 Farmed fish welfare in Egypt: Surveying current practices and future directions for tilapia culture
A1 Flores, Charlotte
A1 Bryant, Christopher
A1 Bakr, Mohamed
A1 Emam, Wasseem
AB This study aimed to map the current status of farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) vis-à-vis animal welfare in the Egyptian tilapia farming sector. To this end, a survey was conducted of tilapia farmers across different regions, examining their level of training and knowledge as well as their farming practices including feeding, water changes and biosecurity measures.We found that just 11 % of the surveyed tilapia farmers had received any sort of training on the importance of animal welfare whilst 76 % said they could benefit from such training. Farmers perceived maintaining good water quality as the most important metric for achieving good tilapia welfare. However, they were significantly less willing and able to intervene on this factor compared to other factors such as changing feeding practices, minimising handling, and carrying out veterinary checks.In addition, we found evidence of better production outcomes for farmers that had received welfare training, with significantly fewer of them reporting high mortality rates and significantly lower reported frequency of poor growth. Most farmers expected the Egyptian tilapia production sector to continue to grow and intensify. This survey identified a need for establishing minimum animal welfare standards in Egyptian tilapia farming either through regulators or certification schemes. There is also a clear need for establishing training programmes that cover animal health and welfare aspects in aquaculture.
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-5134
YR 2025
FD 2025-04-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119118
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119118
LA eng
NO Flores, C., Bryant, C., Bakr, M., & Emam, W. (2025). Farmed fish welfare in Egypt: Surveying current practices and future directions for tilapia culture. Aquaculture Reports, 41, Article 102594. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102594
NO Author Contributions:Christopher Bryant: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Supervision, Project administration, Methodology, Formal analysis. Charlotte Flores: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Project administration, Methodology, Conceptualisation. Mohamed Bakr: Data curation, Investigation, Conceptualisation. Wasseem Emam: Writing – review & editing, Project administration, Methodology, Funding acquisition, Data curation, Investigation, Conceptualisation, Resources, Validation, Supervision.
NO Open Philanthropy
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 dic 2025