14 Mar 2024 --- Corporate plans to establish an octopus farming industry to satisfy growing global seafood demand are based on unsubstantiated sustainability claims, argues Jennifer Hauge, senior legislative affairs manager at the Animal Legal Defense Fund. She warns that these facilities would in fact harm animals, people and the natural environment. In this in-depth interview, Hauge also suggests that octopus farming bans could spread across the US and encourage international governments to take similar action following the introduction of bills to outlaw the practice in the US states of Washington, California and Hawaii.
