Culum has made a significant contribution to the study of behavioural ecology of fishes over his research career. His research niche lies in the study of fish behaviour and its application to fisheries science with his most significant contribution being enhancing our understanding of fish cognition and behaviour. Culum is a well-known champion of fish intelligence. All but six of his 100+ peer reviewed papers and one of his 9 book chapters have fishes as the primary focus. Collectively he has 100+ publications which have been cited over 5000 times. He is in the top 2.5% of researchers in Research Gate.

In this episode, Jack and Culum discuss the misconceptions about fish, research on fish cognition, sentience and even culture,  and what  wild-caught and farmed fish are experiencing. Of course, they also discussed whether we should be eating fish at all.