World’s first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
Methods used on the Spanish farm would be “cruel” to such intelligent animals say experts, as details emerge. …
To supply “premium international markets” including the US, South Korea and Japan, Nueva Pescanova wants to produce 3,000 tonnes of octopus a year. This equates to around one million animals, with some 10-15 octopuses living in each cubic metre of tank, according to campaign group Compassion in World Farming (CiWF), which has studied the plans.
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