Environmental enrichment (EE) can improve the welfare of captive fish. Its objective is to
provide new sensorial and motor stimulation in order to help meet their behavioural …

Growing research effort has shown that physical enrichment (PE) can improve fish welfare
and research validity. However, the inclusion of PE does not always result in positive effects …

Structural environmental enrichment, that is, a deliberate addition of physical complexity to
the rearing environment, is sometimes utilized to reduce the expression of the undesirable …

Fishes are used in a wide range of scientific studies, from conservation research with
potential benefits to the species used to biomedical research with potential human benefits …

Welfare assessment currently is less well-characterized for aquatic animals and the classical
methodologies used for terrestrial animals are not adequate to improve our knowledge …

In recent years, the issue of fish welfare in various aquaculture systems has garnered
significant attention from animal protection organizations, government departments …

Environmental enrichment is considered as a recommended tool to guarantee or improve
the welfare of captive fish. This study demonstrates for the first time that structural …

The present study aimed to investigate whether environmental enrichment had significant
effects on rainbow trout's welfare through nature-, functions-and feeling-based approaches …

Current production systems of finfish aquaculture, and in particular intensive farming
systems, can cause welfare problems leading not only to poor condition of the fish but also …

Fish welfare and behavioral flexibility in aquaculture have gained increasing concern
among scientists and the public. Stress-related behavioral and physiological responses and …