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Wasseem Emam

Wasseem Emam

Aquatic ecologist & fish welfare researcher; Founder, Ethical Seafood Research

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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Founder and practitioner focused on making fish welfare actionable in low‑ and middle‑income country aquaculture. Through ESR, Wasseem has led field programmes that combine farmer training, mobile welfare assessments (FAI's Tilapia Welfare App), and pilot humane‑slaughter interventions to embed welfare into industry practice—notably in Egypt and Kenya. ethicalseafoodresearch+2
Academic researcher with an applied aquatic‑ecology background and a growing publication record on tilapia and farmed‑fish welfare. His scholarly work includes a 2025 Frontiers review on Nile tilapia welfare and multiple field studies and surveys documenting husbandry and harvest practices in Egyptian and Kenyan aquaculture. frontiersin+1
Bridges research, policy and industry: Wasseem's work spans consultancy and collaborative policy engagement (e.g., work with FAO, European Parliament PECH, WorldFish and GSA), enabling him to both study welfare problems and deliver practical, scalable interventions that industry actors can adopt. globalseafood+1

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The welfare of farmed Nile tilapia: a review

May 1, 2025

Comprehensive review synthesising scientific knowledge on Nile tilapia biology and husbandry with a focus on welfare considerations across production systems and recommendations for improving tilapia welfare.

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Animal Advocacy in Egypt

December 1, 2024

Guest blog/report-style article surveying the state of animal advocacy in Egypt, including farmed animal welfare and the role of aquaculture in national food systems; co-authored/published via Animal Charity Evaluators.

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