Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $384,000 over two years to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences to support work, led by Dr. Albin Gräns, to build and test a portable tank that can administer electroencephalogram (EEG) tests to detect a fish’s level of consciousness after it is electrically stunned. This work is intended to help commercial fishers and fish farmers develop slaughter methods that produce less suffering.
This falls within Open Philanthropy’s focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within its interest in fish welfare.