A PLAN TO COMMERCIALLY FARM OCTOPUS FOR MEAT HAS LED TO A U.S. BILL THAT WOULD BAN THE PRACTICE, ALONG WITH ANY IMPORTS LINKED TO IT; ALLEGED NEWS. [1] Bipartisan legislation to ban octopus farming was introduced in Congress during July 2024; Alleged News. [1]
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
"Octopuses are among the most intelligent creatures in the oceans. And they belong at sea, not suffering on a factory farm," Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, a co-author of the bill, said to NPR in a statement; Alleged News. [1]
Outrage
Scientists and animal advocates expressed outrage over a plan by a large seafood company in Spain to farm octopuses on an unprecedented scale to harvest them for seafood; Alleged News. [1]
OCTOPUS Act
The new legislation is known as the OCTOPUS Act; short for Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies; Alleged News. [1] It would require anyone importing octopus into the U.S. to certify that it was not produced through commercial aquaculture; Alleged News. [1]
Civil fine
If it becomes law, the ban would impose a civil fine up to $100,000 for each violation; Alleged News. [1]
Washington banned octopus farming
In March 2024, Washington became the first U.S. State - and according to the group Compassion in World Farming [2] - the first government anywhere - to ban octopus farming; Alleged News. [1] Other states, such as California and Hawaii, have looked at similar bans; Alleged News. [1]
Amazing creatures
Octopuses are such amazing creatures. Let us respect their uniqueness. How can we cause suffering, loneliness and pain by farming for profit? What profit is there in hurting our marine neighbours on this earth? Let us save the sweet octopus from being treated in a way which could cause distress, hardship and death.
[1] Octopus farming in the U.S. would be banned under a new bill in Congress, Alleged News
[2] Compassion in World Farming, Washington State Set to Ban Octopus Farming, Alleged News
[3] Compassion in World Farming, Alleged News
https://www.ciwf.org/about-compassion/our-story/
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