80,000 Hours Podcast

Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla on the Shrimp Welfare Project (80k After Hours)

Apr 22, 2023

Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla, CEO and co-founder of the Shrimp Welfare Project, dives into groundbreaking work that highlights shrimp sentience and the ethical challenges in shrimp farming. He discusses the disturbing practices like eyestalk ablation and the necessity for better welfare standards. Jiménez shares insights from collaborating with shrimp farmers in India and Vietnam, tackling cultural attitudes and logistical hurdles. Listeners will learn about the project's unique strategies and the potential shift from non-profit to for-profit models for improving shrimp welfare.

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Intro

3min

Transformative Activism for Shrimp Welfare

16min

Understanding Shrimp Welfare in Aquaculture

18min

Welfare Concerns in Shrimp Farming

7min

Shrimp Health and Welfare in Intensive Farming

6min

Collaborative Progress in Shrimp Welfare

18min

Motivations and Team Dynamics in Effective Altruism

2min

Navigating Advocacy in Vietnam and India: A Consultancy Approach

2min

Funding and Engagement in Shrimp Welfare Initiatives

2min

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Exploring the Shift from Non-Profit to For-Profit in Welfare Initiatives

3min

In this episode from our second show, 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla about the Shrimp Welfare Project, which he cofounded in 2021. It's the first project in the world focused on shrimp welfare specifically, and as of recording in June 2022, has six full-time staff.

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They cover:

• The evidence for shrimp sentience
• How farmers and the public feel about shrimp
• The scale of the problem
• What shrimp farming looks like
• The killing process, and other welfare issues
• Shrimp Welfare Project’s strategy
• History of shrimp welfare work
• What it’s like working in India and Vietnam
• How to help

Who this episode is for:

• People who care about animal welfare
• People interested in new and unusual problems
• People open to shrimp sentience

Who this episode isn’t for:

• People who think shrimp couldn’t possibly be sentient
• People who got called ‘shrimp’ a lot in high school and get anxious when they hear the word over and over again

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Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio mastering: Ben Cordell and Ryan Kessler
Transcriptions: Katy Moore