Thanks for your work on this, Tessa! I have some similar follow-up questions:
”Thanks for your support and comment. Unfortunately, it appears as though the environmental permitting regarding this specific farm is being allowed to proceed.”
To clarify, do you mean that Nueva Pescanova has in fact received its environmental permit?
”How likely do you think it is that the farm will succeed in creating a commercially viable product, apart from public pressure? Sounds like there are significant biological and ecological barriers.”
I am also interested in ALI’s take on this. Nueva Pescanova claims it will be able to raise 3k tonnes of farmed octopus starting in 2023. Has ALI been able to verify that this scale is actually feasible right now?
Finally, is an outright, blanket ban on octopus legally possible in Spain or the EU (or even narrowly within the Canary Islands)? Or is a “ban” shorthand for “convince legislators that, in practice, octopus farming won’t meet existing minimal environmental and animal welfare standards”? And what existing farmed animal welfare standards could be invoked, given that octopuses are invertebrates, not vertebrates?
Thanks for your work on this, Tessa! I have some similar follow-up questions:
”Thanks for your support and comment. Unfortunately, it appears as though the environmental permitting regarding this specific farm is being allowed to proceed.”
To clarify, do you mean that Nueva Pescanova has in fact received its environmental permit?
”How likely do you think it is that the farm will succeed in creating a commercially viable product, apart from public pressure? Sounds like there are significant biological and ecological barriers.”
I am also interested in ALI’s take on this. Nueva Pescanova claims it will be able to raise 3k tonnes of farmed octopus starting in 2023. Has ALI been able to verify that this scale is actually feasible right now?
Finally, is an outright, blanket ban on octopus legally possible in Spain or the EU (or even narrowly within the Canary Islands)? Or is a “ban” shorthand for “convince legislators that, in practice, octopus farming won’t meet existing minimal environmental and animal welfare standards”? And what existing farmed animal welfare standards could be invoked, given that octopuses are invertebrates, not vertebrates?