17 Oct 2022 --- Spanish seafood multinational Nueva Pescanova is investing a reported US$63 million to build the world’s first industrial-scale octopus farm in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, next year amid rising octopus consumption demand across the Mediterranean, Asia, Mexico and the US. The plans have been met with fierce resistance by environmental groups and scientists, with protests taking place outside Spanish embassies in more than 20 locations worldwide earlier this month.
