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Why Donate?
By donating to ALI, you can feel confident that each dollar has the greatest expected impact for aquatic animals, and that you are supporting an organization committed to accountability and impact. See the impact that your donation can have on thousands of aquatic animals, and see what we have achieved over the years with the generous help of individuals like you. To learn more about our recent successes, you can view our 2024 Half-Year Report.
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Why aquatic animals?
Aquatic animal welfare is both a highly neglected and highly tractable issue. Up to 2.2 trillion wild caught fishes, over 100 billion farmed fishes, trillions of wild caught shrimps, and 440 billion farmed shrimps are killed globally each year, and experience high-suffering conditions. Fish feel pain, emotion, and have impressive cognitive abilities, and more research is emerging to prove the same for other aquatic animals.
Legislative and corporate policies, as well as seafood certifications, must include high welfare standards for aquatic animals in farms and marine capture fisheries. Worldwide, there is a massive and growing push to expand aquatic animal farming, often called the “blue revolution." More than 50% of aquatic animal products consumed globally now come from farms, and this number is rising, with aquaculture considered the fastest growing food sector. The UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) published its roadmap for 2040 with a clear call for a 75% increase in volume from aquaculture compared to 2020.
Seafood certifiers, retailers, and consumers are beginning to take an interest in animal welfare, but aquatic animals have largely been left out of this discussion. We believe the time to act is now, to mitigate the industry's growth, prevent the creation of the worst "fish factory farms," and to ensure that where aquatic animals are still farmed and killed, the highest possible welfare standards are in place.
How will my donation be used?
By donating to Aquatic Life Institute, you will be supporting our main priority areas, including our global coalition work, seafood certifier campaign, supply chain work, and legislative policy pursuits. We rely on the most up-to-date information and research available to decide what interventions to pursue, when to intervene and where to pursue change. Our interventions are evidence-based, and we draw from Effective Altruism principles to guide these interventions to reduce as much aquatic animal suffering and other forms of suffering as possible.
ALI utilizes a "top-down" strategy, engaging with global entities like the UN, European Commission, major certification bodies, and corporations, to influence policies and standards that can impact billions of aquatic animals across diverse regions and species. The supply and regulatory chains have narrow pinch points, enabling ALI to exert significant influence through a few key decision-makers, despite the vast, global scope of the seafood supply chain.
How effective is my donation?
With your help, ALI will continue to elevate global aquatic animal welfare standards by advocating for the adoption of high-welfare recommendations among leading global seafood certification bodies, influencing international and local policy, shaping corporate commitments for large-scale impact, building unified global coalitions, and continuing the fight against the developing octopus farming industry.
We are committed to transparency and effectiveness, and we're currently investing in systems to measure and track the success of our initiatives with even greater precision. This includes developing more comprehensive cost-effectiveness analyses, so we can clearly show how your contributions drive real, meaningful improvements in aquatic animal welfare. With your support, we can enhance our ability to assess impact, make data-informed decisions, and maximize the positive outcomes for animals worldwide.