US Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Commercial Octopus Farming

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When talking about marine animals in captivity for consumption it is easy to think of salmon, trout, golden or sea bass, or seafood such as mussels, shrimps, prawns... but not octopus. The reason is simple: there are no fish farms of octopus. Not at least in Spain, nor in the European Union. The fact is striking if one takes into account that this peculiar cephalopod, of three hearts and endowed with extraordinary intelligence, is one of the kin…