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fair-fish international association Annual Report 2019 Katrin Vogelbach, co- founder and member, board member 2010- 1. The association and 2017. Urdorf ZH, Designer, *1936, co-founder and the people behind board member of fair- fish.ch 2000-2012.

The fair-fish international association Billo Heinzpeter Studer, (fair-fish.net) founded in 2010 reports founder and president, on its seventh business year. The asso- Monfalcone, social ciation is designed as an international psychologist//publicist, umbrella organisation and has above all *1947, founder and the role of the ”Guardian of the Grail”. 2000-2012 director of In doing so, it carries out tasks of basic fair-fish.ch development, with as little operational and cam- paigning expenditure as possible. Irmy Algader, Co-founder and member, board 1.1 The board of directors member 2010-2018. The association, domiciled in Winter- Grado, photographer thur, Switzerland, is run by a board of and illustrator, *1966 directors, which in the year under review consisted of the four founding members Katrin Vogelbach, Billo Heinzpeter Stu- der, Irmy Algader, and Nina Lisann Otter, plus Jenny Volstorf and Oliver Seeger. Nina Lisann Otter, co- 1.2 Management and collaborators founder and board mem- The obligation of the board members is ber. Los Angles and Paris, limited to the passing of resolutions and mathematican and artist the control of management and finances. Billo Heinzpeter Studer, as the association’s president, is responsible for ma- Oliver Seeger, board member. Winterthur, Co- nagement, external representation and president fair-fish.ch the management of projects, within the 2008-2018, *1962 framework of the Rules of Procedure. The collaborators are mentioned in the following project reports. Jenny Volstorf, co-foun- From August 2018 to May 2019, Billo der and board member. Heinzpeter Studer was the acting mana- Berlin, PhD in natural ger of the fair-fish Switzerland associa- sciences, *1982, research coordinator tion, which delayed the completion of FishEthoBase his tasks at fair-fish international.

2 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international 2. Appearances

1.3 Guidelines commission 2.1 Presentations • Peter Jossi, food engineer, certification • Presentations FishEthoBase: ➜ page 7 specialist, Basle • 08.01.2019: Presentation in the webi- • Peter Schlup, ethologist, Berne nar by Friend of the Sea “Fish Welfare • Billo Heinzpeter Studer in Aquaculture“ No activity in the year under review. • 12.09.2019: Summer Shoal in Faro, Portugal ➜ page 7 1.4 Advisory scientific board • 03.10. 2019: Presentation “Which fish The advisory board so far consisted of do I buy then?“, Fish Enquête of the three experts in the field of fish welfare/ Procurement of the City of Vienna animal welfare: Prof. em. Rudolf Hoffmann †, Munich; 2.2 Meetings and contacts Prof. em. Detlef Fölsch, Witzenhausen; • Team meetings of all collaborators: Prof. Helmut Segner, FIWI, Univ. Bern. 06.-07.04.2019 and 12.09.2019, both In September 2019, our FishEthoGroup in Faro elected a new advisory scientific • Meeting Carefish project: 09.07.2019 board, which will also act for fair-fish in- in Barcelona ternational: • 2019: second visits and consulting of • Prof. Culum Brown, Sidney, Australia 51 fish farms ➜ page 4 • Prof. Becca Franks, New York, USA • Prof. Lluis Tort, Barcelona, Spain 2.3 Media No activity in the year under review • April 2019: Interview on fish and con- sumption; PS Magazin, Zürich 1.5 Audit • April 2019: Contribution to “cod tra- For the first time, the General Meeting vels the world“; Ostsee-Zeitung elected Kim Suter, WINCO Treuhand AG, • Mai 2019: Interview on fisheries, Winterhur, as auditor. aquaculture, and animal welfare; Magazin oliv • Mai 2019: Interview on plastic waste in the oceans; Der Tierschutz, bv-tierschutz.de • September 2019: Statement on the conversion of the Kundelfingerhof fish farm; VgT-Nachrichten • Editorial of facebook.com/fair.fish and facebook.com/fishethobase, contribution to publications by fair-fish.ch

Carp pond from biofisch.at in the Waldviertel (Photo: Studer/fair-fish) fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 3 3. Fish ethology database “FishEthoBase”

3.1 Goal • Ethological full profiles The aim is to create a global database Eleven full profiles were available on- that systematically summarises the scat- line at the end of 2019, see the list of tered ethological (i. e. behavioural) fin- species opposite. These are three more dings on fish species and makes them than at the end of 2018 and thus one publicly available, as a basis for species- more than planned. The profile of each appropriate fish farming and as a stimu- species consists of a summary and in- lus for further research. The preparatory terpretation of the studies found on a work started in 2013. variety of ethological and fish welfare criteria (findings, with references), fish 3.2 Achievements in the reporting year welfare recommendations for practitio- The targeted number of published short ners based on these, and the short pro- and full profiles could not be achieved. file with a summary. (The original longer On the one hand, we deliberately took summaries for a wider audience will be more time than planned for the inter- published on the new website fair-fish. nal review process when creating new net at the end of 2020). Based on our profiles. On the other hand, we inve- experience so far, we currently expect to sted about one third of the budgeted produce two new full profiles per year. working hours in the complete revision of the existing profiles, initiated by nu- • Ethological short profiles merous suggestions we received in the At the end of 2019, 46 short profiles stakeholder dialogue in spring 2017. had been published online, see the list First adjustments had already been made of species opposite - only four more in the previous year. than at the end of 2018 (reasons: see We decided to prioritize further adjust- above and especially on page 10). Each ments before creating many additional short profile compresses the presenta- profiles, which then would only have to tion and interpretation of the studies be adapted to the new, higher quality found into ten core criteria: as well. In the case of the short profiles, – Horizontal need for space (home ran- the main focus was on adapting the ent- ge) ries to an even further revised format, as – Vertical need for space (depth range) well as in the revision of the FishEtho- – Migration or habitat change Scores. – Reproduction The full profiles were given a completely – Social behaviour new, dynamic format with an improved – Aggression overview for the users. The harmonisa- – Substrate and possibility for retreat tion of all existing profiles is still in pro- – Stress gress. – Malformations – Slaughter

4 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international Table 1: The FishEthoBase profiles in the species tree

Legend: short profile only full and short profile

CEPHALOPODA (CEPHALOPODA) Latidae (Lates perches) Octopoda (Octopoda) Lates calcarifer (Barramundi) Octopodidae (Octopodidae) Moronidae (Temperate basses) Octopus maya (Mexican four eyed octopus) Dicentrachus labrax (European seabass) Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus) Osphronemidae (Gouramis) Osphronemus goramy (Giant gourami) Sepiida (Sepiida) Percidae (Percidae) Sepiidae (Sepiidae) Perca fluviatilis (European perch) Sepia officinalis (Common cuttlefish) Sander lucioperca (Pikeperch) Percoidea (Percoidea) MALACOSTRACA (MALACOSTRACA) Dentex dentex (Common Dentex) Decapoda (Decapods) Polyprionidae (Wreckfishes) Penaeidae (Penaeidae) Polyprion americanus (Wreckfish) Litopenaeus vannamei (Pacific whiteleg shrimp) Rachycentridae (Rachycentridae) Penaeus monodon (Giant tigerprawn) Rachycentron canadum (Cobia) Sciaenidae (Croakers) OSTEICHTHYES (BONY FISH) Argyrosomus regius (Meagre) Acipenseriformes (Acipenseriformes) Scombridae (Scombridae) Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) Thunnus maccoyii (Southern bluefin tuna) Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon) Serranidae (Serranidae) Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Russian sturgeon) Epinephelus malabaricus (Malabar Grouper) Acipenser naccarii (Adriatic sturgeon) Sparidae (Sparidae) Acipenser ruthenus (Sterlet sturgeon) Diplodus puntazzo (Sharpsnout Seabream) Acipenser stellatus (Stellate sturgeon) Pagrus pagrus (Red Porgy) Acipenser transmontanus (White sturgeon) Sparus aurata (Gilthead seabream) BAExNAC, NACxBAE (Hybrid sturgeon) Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) Cypriniformes (Cypriniformes) Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) Cyprinidae (Cyprinids) Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Atlantic halibut) Ctenopharyngodon idella (Grass carp) Scophthalmidae (Turbots) Cyprinus carpio (Common carp) Scophthalmus maximus (Turbot) Soleidae (True soles) Gadiformes (Gadiformes) Solea senegalensis (Senegalese sole) Gadidae (Codfishes) Solea solea (Dover sole) Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod) Lotidae (Lotidae) Salmoniformes (Salmoniformes) Lota lota (Burbot) Salmonidae (Salmonidae) Oncorhynchus masou (Cherry salmon) Mugiliformes (Mullets) Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout) Mugilidae (Mullets) Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon) Mugil cephalus (Striped mullet) Salvelinus alpinus alpinus (Arctic char) Salvelinus fontinalis (Brook trout) Perciformes (Perciformes) Thymallus thymallus (Grayling) Carangidae (Carangidae) Seriola dumerili (Greater amberjack) Siluriformes (Siluriforms) Seriola lalandi (Yellowtail amberjack) Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes) Cichlidae (Cichlids) Clarias gariepinus (African sharptooth catfish) Oroeochrmis niloticus (Nile tilapia) Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes) Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Pangasius) fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 5 • The FishEthoScore cerned, including suggestions for possib- The FishEthoScore is an important com- le improvements. ponent of each short profile. In a first Furthermore, the degree of domestica- step each criterion is individually as- tion of the species is recorded, as well as sessed and given three scores, in the the extent to which feed from wild catch manner of a risk assessment: can be avoided. – how likely is it that the fish of the spe- Based on our experience to date, we ex- cies in question will experience fish pect to produce around 25 new short welfare under normal farming condi- profiles per year once the revision of tions? (Likelihood: high or low) existing profiles has been completed. – how would improved conditions po- tentially increase fish welfare of the 3.3 Stakeholder engagement species concerned? (Potential: high, We actively seek critical engagement medium, low) with our research at different levels: – and how strong and reliable is the knowledge base used for assessing • Stakeholder dialogue Likelihood and Potential? (Certainty: Since the implementation of the nu- high, medium, low) merous suggestions from the dialogue in The sum of the three scores in the ten spring 2017 still kept us busy in the re- criteria results in the FishEthoScore as porting year, we postponed the next di- the first raw measure for the aquacultu- alogue indefinitely, or rather, we contin- re suitability of a fish species. ued it at the following events: Each short profile is preceded by a brief summary of the main fish welfare problems in the farming of the species con-

Table 2: Comparison of the FishEthoScores of 2 species

6 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international One of the plenary sessions at the Summer Shoal 2019 in Pedras d‘el Rey, east of Faro

• Presentation at congresses • Summer Shoal on We were allowed to present the Fish- Fish Ethology & Welfare EthoBase at the following congresses: To create an intimate setting where sci- – 06.03.2019, Brussels. Presentation at entists and practitioners can focus on the Parliament. fish welfare issues in aquaculture for – 14.05.2019, Lake Swan (UK): Presen- two full days, we have been organising tation at the 1st Symposium on Fish a Summer Shoal every year since 2017 Welfare in Aquaculture. at the beginning of September. The third – 11.06.2019, Brussels: Lecture about edition took place for the first time in the FishEthoBase and Carefish (see 4.) the lovely resort of Pedras d‘el Rey, east at the meeting of the fish welfare pro- of Faro, with 31 attendants from twelve jects supported by Open Philanthropy countries and three continents. (USA). The Summer Shoal consists of two full – Presentations at our Summer Shoal days of oral presentations, without tech- (see below) and at the 1st Fish Welfare nology, but with a book of scripts on the Course (see 4.3). participants› knees, followed by lively – 28.11.2019, Freiburg: Keynote at the discussions in a circle under the pine 51st International Conference on Ap- trees––and many opportunities for fur- plied Ethology ther exchange on fish welfare issues in small groups during the breaks. It of- fers a unique setting for the dialogue between experts with different back- grounds and interests, which promotes fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 7 the cooperation between science, prac- João Luis Saraiva who––like one of our tice, and NGOs, and from which we our- other collaborators, Maria Filipa Castan- selves also draw great benefit for our heira––had completed his PhD at the own future work. CCMAR and was already working there. So, CCMAR hostes our research group, while fair-fish international remains res- 3.4. Institutional safeguard ponsible for the payment and supervi- We had set ourselves the goal early on sion of the research work. to establish a longterm institutional basis In January 2019, we established the Fish for the FishEthoBase by the end of 2019 Ethology and Welfare Group (FishEtho at the latest. We abandoned our first at- Group) as an association under Euro- tempt to establish our own institute in pean law. The group immediately started Monfalcone at the northernmost beach its operations in Faro, with João Luis Sa- of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean raiva as the new team leader, while the Sea after we did not find any interest in founder and previous head of the Fish- a cooperation in the two neighboring EthoBase, Billo Heinzpeter Studer, conti- universities of Trieste and Udine. Instead, nues to work as guarantor. we agreed to collaborate with the Cen- The FishEthoGroup consists of the previ- tro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) of the ous six collaborators of the FishEthoBa- University of the Algarve in Faro, Portu- se. They support the FishEthoBase and gal in summer 2018. Our collaborator develop further products (see 4). The

Our latest project, which we have been preparing since 2019, will be dedicated to the conservation of the zone between water and land, an important but often threatened habitat for many fish, other aquatic animals and plants. Motto: Marine conservation from the beach, where most people encounter the sea. Image: Atlantic coast near Pedros d‘el Rey, Algarve (Photo: Studer/fair-fish)

8 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international Staff, from left: Billo Heinzpeter Studer, I-Monfalcone, president fair-fish and guarantor Fish- EthoGroup; Dr. Jenny Volstorf, D-Berlin, research coordinator FishEthoBase; Dr. João Luis Sara- iva, FishEthoGroup, P-Faro; Dr. Maria Filipa Castanheira, researcher FishEthoGroup, E-Barcelo-

Fotos: Christoph Dill (4), Irmy Algader (1) na; Dr. Pablo Arechaval-Lopez, researcher FishEthoGroup, E-Palma da Mallorca; and without

photo: Sebastian Scholz, D-Chemnitz, database and website management; tax expert Carlos Lemos, P-Braga; and Dr. Rahel Salathé, fish test editor, CH-Denens.

FishEthoBase remains in the ownership – Extent of tank coverage and its impact of the fair-fish international association, on Nile tilapia welfare; which guarantees the continuation of – Environmental enrichment in the hus- the previous research work. bandry of Gilthead seabream and Sea bass; – Validation of fish welfare determina- 3.5 Outlook 2020: Broad Perspectives tion by accoustical tracking.

• FishEthoBase The following experiments are prepared: By the end of summer 2020, the harmo- – Evaluation of a new thermo-shock nisation of the 46 short profiles with the stunning method for trout. The me- new format should finally be completed. thod was developed by the aquacul- In the process, any differences with the ture department of the Mach Insti- existing full profiles will be eliminated tute in Trentino, since the numerous and the latest findings will be integrat- trout farms in this region are skep- ed. After that, further new short and full tical or even hostile to electric stun- profiles will be developed. ning and therefore, until today, do not stun their fish at all. The experiment • Own experiments has long been funded, but the Italian From the beginning, the FishEthoBase authorities only approved it after more was intended as a tool to improve fish than a year in the early summer of welfare in the field. The FishEthoGroup 2020. is now increasingly conducting its own – Species-appropriate habitat design: experiments to follow up on questions A four-year project is to clarify the pos- we encounter in our research or consul- sibilities for environmental enrichment ting. It is using the existing infrastructu- in the husbandry of Sea bass; funding res of CCMAR in Faro (laboratory) and for the project has not yet been se- IMEDEA in Mallorca (laboratory and net cured. cages).

The following experiments could be completed in 2019:

fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 9 4. Carefish project: Fish welfare in practice

The main reason for the slowed pro- • We visited 51 FOS-certified farms of duction of ethological short profiles is 33 companies in the EU, Turkey, Pana- the Carefish project, which we started ma and Chile, including their own hat- in early 2018. At its core, this is about chery or slaughterhouse, where availa- putting into practice the knowledge we ble. In total, we observed the husbandry have gained, a desire that had once led of 25 fish species. to the establishment of the FishEtho- • During the first visit, we identified a Base. total of 41 different fish welfare problems in these 33 companies and re- 4.1 Guidelines for Friend of the Sea sponded to them with 145 recommen- The concrete occasion was the request dations. High severity problems were from Friend of the Sea (FOS, Milano), mainly related to slaughter (73% of the a leading international label for sustai- companies), stress (48%) and lack of en- nability in fisheries and aquaculture, vironmental enrichment (36%). Medium to develop criteria for fish welfare in severity problems were mainly related to farms, and the willingness of Open Phi- lack of fish welfare training of the staff lanthropy (USA) to fund the necessary (82%) and monitoring of fish welfare work. The core of our approach was to indicators (15%). develop fish welfare guidelines not only • At the second round of visits after theoretically, but based on observational about six months, 14% of all proposed engagement with practice, thus ensur- measures had already been implemen- ing that the guidelines are achievable, ted and 29% were being in the plan- controllable, and relevant to fishes. ning stage. Three members of our FishEthoGroup • We had made an average of 4.6 re- were particularly involved in the visits commendations per company during and development of the criteria: João the first visits. On the second visit, the Luis Saraiva, Maria Filipa Castanheira, average improvement rate was 2.5. This and Pablo Arechavala-Lopez, i.e. the means that these companies had imple- three collaborators who also developed mented or were seriously planning to most of the ethological short profiles. implement more than half of the impro- Billo Heinzpeter Studer was responsible vements within six months. Considering for the design, planning, and manage- the usual transition periods for newly ment of the project. introduced label criteria of one, two or We are proud of the results1 of this even more years, the adaptation perfor- work: mance of these companies so far signals that an integration of the fish welfare criteria into the Friend of the Sea certification standard is not unrealistic. 1 www.fishethobase.net > Evaluation of 51 • In early 2020, we will hand over the visits on FOS farms Fish Welfare Criteria and Indicators for

10 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international 25 fish species to FOS and then accom- 4.3 Training, development pany the implementation into practice. Consultancy work to date shows that fish welfare training is lacking on many 4.2 Consulting for other companies farms. In addition, there is the practical From 2020 onwards, FishEthoGroup question of how auditors should assess will also open its consulting services to fish welfare on a farm without the ap- farms that have other labelling schemes propriate tools. or none at all. The basic costs of this ad- In November 2019, we held our first visory service will be financed from the Fish Welfare Course in Faro, which was project budget, while the costs of the attended by over 40 persons from aca- farm visits will be financed by the farm demia and field.1 itself. Several issues have arisen during our In this way, in addition to contributions consultancy work, concerning elements from foundations, the FishEthoGroup for substrate, possibilities of refuge and will gradually create a second economic play, and regarding procedures for hu- pillar for itself in the future. mane slaughter. The FishEthoGroup plans to expand its consultation to inclu- de these issues in the future.

1 https://ccmar.ualg.pt/advanced-tech-training/fish-welfare-course fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 11 5. The Fishtest 6. Finances ➜ pages 14-15

The fishtest developed by fair-fish inter- 6.1 The revenues national provides purchasing recommen- In the fiscal year 2019 (on which we are dations and background information on reporting in euros for the first time), the 157 fish species.1 association generated a revenue of EUR Unlike conventional fish lists, our fishtest 95,639, of which EUR 88,774 was des- not only assesses the condition of a fish tined for the FishEthoBase. In addition, stock, but also the fishing method and there was the release of EUR 193,142 its impact on the environment, on the of the deferred part of the donation bycatch of other species and on the from Open Philanthropy from the pre- degree of suffering for the fish caught. vious year. Therefore, we had slightly In addition to ecological criteria, animal more funds available than in the previ- welfare criteria are also assessed. ous year, if we take into account that Those who use the fishtest, which is the previous fiscal year consisted of 18 structured like a learning program, learn months and was closed in Swiss francs. step by step why the assessment of a Services for third parties accounted for particular fish species is “red“, “yellow“ merely 2% of income (previous year: or “green“ and can change from crite- 3%); this source of income from the rion to criterion. In the end, however, pioneering days has become almost in- the best assessment “light blue“ is only significant. Booking currency differences achieved by those who eat fish no more contributed 1% to the revenues, so to than once a month––because even the speak. “greenest“ fish will be overfished if everyone pounces on it! 6.2 The expenditures For 2018-2019 we had planned to trans- Half of the expenditures (previous year: late the fish test into English and to add three quarters) served the two main fish from aquaculture. Unfortunately, we projects Carefish (31%) and FishEt- had to postpone this project, as both the hoBase (19%); related to this are the editor at the time, Janika Lutz, and the expenditures for outreach (new, 14%, president had to step in on an emergen- public relations and scientific publica- cy basis at fair-fish Switzerland. Before tions). 11% of the expenditures cove- the end of 2019, marine biologist Rahel red personnel and material costs that Salathé took over the fishtest editor- cannot be allocated to one of the two ship. The English version is in progress main projects. 6% concerned adminis- and will go online together with further tration and travel costs outside the two improvements at the end of 2020. main projects (previous year 11%). A very high share (15%) was taken up by personnel costs for tax and legal advice; the costs for the actual accounting and auditing included in this figure are 1 www.fair-fish.ch/fischtest of little significance. The advice of the

12 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international 7. Acknowledgements

Portuguese expert Carlos Lemos was I would like to thank my colleagues necessary to develop a structure for on the Board of Directors: Jenny the FishEthoGroup, thanks to which Volstorf, Nina Otter and Oliver See- the funds donated to us can be used ger, as well as the members Katrin with the lowest possible taxation. Vogelbach and Irmy Algader, for their This was achieved; but due to the constant support. For the dedicated lack of harmonisation of taxes and and fruitful cooperation in the team social security contributions within I thank Jenny Volstorf, João Luis Sa- the EU, it was enormously costly. raiva, Maria Filipa Castanheira, Pablo From the donation of Open Phil- Arechavala-Lopez, Sebastian Scholz, anthropy, a balance of EUR 45,000 Carlos Lemos and Rahel Salathé. was set aside for the year 2020. A big thank you to all the institu- The Summer Shoal––being organised tions for their support during the by CCMAR on our behalf in 2019–– year: Open Philanthropy, the Fede- did not result in any costs or re- ral Food Safety and Veterinary Of- venues on our side. fice, and the Dreiklang, Edith Maryon and Effective Altruism foundations. 6.3 Labor cost And many thanks to all who In the year under review, fees of EUR use, critically comment on 164,625 were paid to the 8 collabo- and publicize our work. rators, at a rate of EUR 30 per hour. With the exception of Rahel Salathé and Billo Heinzpeter Studer, the collaborators received their fees from the Billo Heinzpeter Studer FishEthoGroup, which was supported President fair-fish.net and by fair-fish international with subsidies Guarantor FishEthoGroup totaling EUR 179,500. Monfalcone, July 15, 2020

6.4 Small annual profit The annual profit of EUR 2,460 (previous year CHF 706) increases the assets This Annual Report was approved by the of the association to EUR 18,101. General Meeting on August 11, 2020.

6.5 Voluntary services The annual accounts do not in- clude about 440 hours of un- paid work, namely: • 400 hours of the president; • 40 hours of the board members for file study. fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 13 Balance sheet fair-fish international as at 31.12.2019

Assets 31.12.2019 (EUR) 2017/2018 (CHF) Cash + cash equivalents (bank, cash) 69 239 250 234 Receivables Debitors 0 1 270 ./. Delcredere 0 0 Other current assets 0 0 Total current assets 69 239 251504 Fixed assets 0 0 Total assets 69 239 251 504

Liabilities 31.12.2019 (EUR) 2017/2018 (CHF) Creditors 2 768 6 845 Other liabilities Accrued expenses Carefish 43 000 0 Accrued expenses FishEthoBase 0 9 005 Other accrued expenses 3 991 0 Provisions 1 379 218 000 Total liabilities 51 138 233 850

Association assets as of 31.12. 15 641 16 949 Profit for the year 2 460 706 Total shareholders› equity 18 101 17 654 Total liabilities 69239 251 504

Review: Kim Suter, WINCO Treuhand Winterhur, 30.06.2020

Revenues Expenses

19% 31% FishEthoBase Carefish 61% 6% Admin Carefish 36% 15% 14% FishEthoBase Account./ Outreach Consult. 11% Staff, Miscell. 0,5% 2% Miscella- Fund- 2% Miscella- 1% Currency neous 2% Fishtest raising neous differences 14 Annual Report 2019 fair-fish international Income statement 01.01–31.12.2019

Revenues 2019 (EUR) 2017/2018 (CHF) Lizence fees 0 2 981 Free donations 92 0 Licence fees and free donations 92 2 981 Donations Fishtest 0 0 Donations FishEthoBase 88 774 116 525 Donations Carefish 150 142 214 904 Donations experiments 0 10 000 Earmarked donations 238 916 341 429 Remunerations for services to third parties 2 071 4 645 Reimbursed expenses for these services 2 979 7 306 Participation fees Summer Shoal 0 12 103 Interest income 0 0 Total other income 5 050 24 054 Total revenues 244 058 368 464

Expenses 2019 (EUR) 2017/2018 (CHF) Project FishEthoBase -46 731 -131 766 Project Carefish -74 240 -145 361 Project Fishtest -4 225 -181 38 Campaign Coast protection -475 – Outreach, publications -33 796 – Experiments 0 -7 955 Summer Shoal -224 -16 963 Total project expenses incl. staff costs -159 691 - 320 183 Other staff costs management and team -25 987 – Protection of name, trade mark, domains -411 -780 Material costs fundraising, publicity -5 639 -2 559 Other staff and material costs -32 037 -3 339 Total direct expenses -191 728 -323 522 Gross earnings 52 330 44 942 Share of office rent -3 000 -6 234 IT costs (incl. acquisitions and repair) -503 -9 444 Other office expenses, membership fees -1 721 -2 759 Travel/accomodation costs (not for projects) -9 866 -18 716 Accounting, consultancy -36 346 -1 849 Bank account charges -159 -827 Administration costs -51 595 -39 829 Operating result 736 5 112 Currency differences 1 724 -4 406 Annual profit 2 460 706 fair-fish international Annual Report 2019 15 fair-fish international association Office: Chemin du Léman 3 · 1135 Denens · Suisse Rechtssitz: Winterthur · Schweiz Präsidium: Giarrette 109 · 34074 Monfalcone · Italia FishEthoGroup: Rua José Mateus Horta · 38000-536 Faro · Portugal [email protected] · www.fair-fish.net Tel: +41 44 586 97 45 · Skype: billohps

Near-natural flow channel system for Rainbow trout on the former organic farm Nadler, Rohr AG, Switzerland (Photo: Studer/fair-fish)