Washington has already banned octopus farming. The bill would further crack down on the practice by outlawing the sale, ...

An octopus at the Kanaloa Octopus Farm in Hawaii. California is now the second state to ban octopus farming, after Washington. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan ...

Proponents of octopus farming claim it can reduce fishing pressure on wild octopus populations by supplying the seafood industry, and even suggest that these efforts could contribute to restocking ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday signed a bill into law to ban the farming of octopuses and farmed octopus sales. Under AB 3162, also known as the California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act, authored ...

A proposal to ban octopus farming on Guam is drawing support from some residents, citing environmental protection, animal ...

Octopuses are brilliant, emotional, and mysterious. Can they ever be farmed humanely? And if they can, should they be? Fast Company contributor Clint ...

New Jersey lawmakers are considering banning octopus farming. Supporters say it is cruel to octopuses and breeds germs that threaten public health, while critics in the seafood industry complain it ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses Act (A.B. 3162), which was co-sponsored by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Social Compassion in Legislation, into law to prohibit ...

GALICIA, Spain — At a humming factory in the Spanish town of O Carballino, workers sling dozens of limp octopuses into a metal cauldron, wincing as strings of slime splatter their aprons. Nearby, ...

On the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, a company called Nueva Pescanova has quietly built the world’s first commercial octopus farm—a facility designed to breed and slaughter 3,000 metric tons of ...

When Washington enacted its prohibition on octopus farms, it was a preemptive move as there were none operating or proposed in the state at the time. Most octopus consumed in restaurants in Washington ...