“Fish Welfare Initiative’s 2024 in Review” by haven, Tom Billington

The following is the annual year in review post Fish Welfare Initiative (FWI) publishes, cross-posted from our blog. As always, we welcome any questions or input anyone may have. We'd also like to add that we're especially grateful to the EA community: FWI, in many ways, would never have been founded and probably would not have persisted without the support the community has provided. - Tom and Haven (FWI cofounders) Message from the Cofounders In our 2023 in Review, we characterized that year as one of setup: It was the year where, more than any before, we realized that our current programs probably didn’t meet our (at that point intuitive) thresholds for further scaling. In response, we launched our new R&D Department, with the goal of developing new interventions that would warrant broader scaling.June 2023: FWI staff constructing and measuring the small ponds at our experimental site.August 2024: Those [...] ---Outline:(00:35) Message from the Cofounders(03:12) Countries of Operation(04:03) 2024 Key Outcomes Attained(06:46) 2024 Themes(06:58) 1 - The Development of our 2026 (Two-Year) Goal(08:37) 2 - A Primary Focus on Program Development(09:29) 3 - Generally Improved Efficiency(10:11) 4 - Improved But Still Challenging RandD Process(11:47) 5 - Ethical Questions with Live Animal Studies(13:14) FWI's China Work in 2024(14:39) Operational Information(15:12) OKR and Goal Attainment(15:53) Staff Changes(17:14) Financials(19:47) Culture(20:06) Board(20:32) Note of Gratitude--- First published: January 28th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BMejvvfFjZLpATHZE/fish-welfare-initiative-s-2024-in-review --- 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.