Over 180 organizations urge the Japan Science and Technology Agency to reevaluate funding octopus farming research, citing severe welfare, environmental, and ethical risks Saitama, Japan – As legislations that ban octopus farming and the sale of farmed octopus products proceed worldwide, the government of Japan has been advised to review the allocation of public research funding aimed at enabling industrialized octopus farming, a practice that h…
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