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Facts and Fishes

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Aquaculture
The growing or farming of aquatic animals and plants, including fish farming.
Biomass
The mass of living organisms in an ecosystem at a particular point in time.
By-catch
Animals unintentionally caught in commercial fishing, such as dolphins, turtles, sea birds and non-target fishes.
Cognitively affected
A mental state where usual thought patterns and brain activity may be interrupted, disturbed or unusual.
Conscious
To be aware and able to respond to one's surroundings.
Culture
Non-biological information or traditions transferred across generations.
Electroreception abilities
The ability to detect and emit electric signals, sometimes as a form of communication.
Ethologist
A scientist who studies animal behaviour.
Group memory
The shared knowledge and information held by a social group of animals, often passed on between generations.
Intelligence
An ability to learn, acquire knowledge and process information.
Inter-species communication
When animals of different species exchange information.
Inter-species cooperation
When animals of different species work together to achieve a common goal.
Mammals
A class of vertebrate animals that give birth to live young and produce milk for their young, including humans.
Mirror self-recognition test
A method of determining whether an animal is self-aware, by observing whether or not the animal recognises themselves in a mirror.
Neocortex
A part of the brain in mammals that is responsible for various functions, including pain perception.
Pain perception
The ability to feel and process painful experiences.
Paleocortex
A part of the brain in birds that is responsible for various functions, including pain perception.
Pallium
A part of the brain in fishes that is responsible for various functions, including pain perception.
Positive cognitive states
A desirable mental state, such as contentment or happiness.
Predator
An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
Prey
An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.
Primates
An order of mammals that includes chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys and humans.
Reflex
An automatic response that is performed unconsciously.
Schooling
The action of fishes swimming together in a coordinated way.
Self-awareness
The ability to identify a separate sense of self, distinct from other entities.; an understanding of one's individual character.
Sentience
The ability to perceive and feel things, such as pleasure and pain.
Shoaling
The action of fishes staying in a specific group for social reasons.
Stimuli
Things that cause a reaction (for example, spikey objects are stimuli that may cause pain when touched).
Unconscious
To not be awake, lacking awareness and responsiveness to one's surroundings.
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