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A plan to build the world's first octopus farm has raised deep concerns among scientists over the welfare of the famously intelligent creatures. The farm in Spain's Canary Islands would raise...
News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures -...
21 sie 2019 · People are now eating more octopus than ever: annual global production has more than doubled since 1980, from roughly 180,000 tons to about 370,000 tons. But overfishing has already caused the ...
11 sie 2023 · The proposal for the world’s first commercial octopus farm was unveiled in 2021. Blueprints leaked to the BBC revealed that Nueva Pescanova planned to house the farm in a two-story building. Reports at the time stated that 3,000 tonnes of octopus meat would be produced, amounting to around one million animals.
25 lut 2022 · Rising demands in the global cephalopod trade have encouraged the Spanish aquaculture company Nueva Pescanova to push forward with their plans to open the world's first octopus farm sometime next year.
24 lut 2022 · World's first octopus farm could see up to 1,000 octopuses in a single tank. Scientists have slammed a “cruel” proposal to open the world’s first octopus farm. Spanish multinational Nueva...
27 kwi 2022 · Nueva Pescanova’s plans for starting the world’s first commercial octopus farm may have caused an uproar in some quarters of the mainstream media, but aquaculture of the animals could be the best hope…
