Consumers and seafood buyers are increasingly insisting on higher standards for animal welfare throughout seafood production. This session will investigate the principal welfare concerns in shrimp farming, which include humane slaughter at harvest, eliminating the need for eyestalk ablation in broodstock, and maintaining good welfare throughout the growout cycle. The latest research into humane slaughter methods—which include electrical stunning followed by chill killing, as well as direct chill-killing—will be reviewed, including the insights into the effectiveness of these methods revealed by physiological and behavioral indicators. Speakers will discuss how successive generations of domestication, genetic improvement, and advances in broodstock maturation techniques are making eyestalk ablation—long used to hormonally stimulate egg production in captive penaeid shrimp—increasingly unnecessary. Welfare during growout is also receiving greater attention, not only as an ethical responsibility but as an important contributor to improved health, resilience, and production performance.