Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In a historic victory for animals, plans for the world's first commercial octopus farm have officially been abandoned. The proposed farm was being developed by Nueva Pescanova, a Spanish multinational seafood company, at the Port of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands. Had it moved forward, this facility would have created an entirely new form of industrial farming for octopuses, threatening the welfare of thousands of these highly intelligent animals and setting a dangerous precedent for the future of marine animal exploitation.
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In a historic victory for animals, plans for the world's first commercial octopus farm have officially been abandoned. The proposed farm was being developed by Nueva Pescanova, a Spanish multinational seafood company, at the Port of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands. Had it moved forward, this facility would have created an entirely new form of industrial farming for octopuses, threatening the welfare of thousands of these highly intelligent animals and setting a dangerous precedent for the future of marine animal exploitation.
Read more: bit.ly/3TRhJyd
