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An octopus tends to her eggs, while tucked into the corner of her lair, in Redondo Beach in 2012. The eggs can be seen hanging at the top and right side.Amid the sea of bills that California lawmakers waded through Thursday, one they rescued marks a key step forward to ban commercial octopus farming in California.passes the full Senate before the end of this month and Gov.
After hearing about those plans, activist organizations Animal Legal Defense Fund and Social Compassion in Legislation brought the idea of a preemptive ban to the West Coast. They say that octopuses are intelligent beings that can’t be killed humanely, and also argue that farming them would exacerbate climate and sustainability issues., a Democrat from Burbank, co-authored the bill, which passed the Assembly by a vote of 51-10 in April. There is no recorded opposition to the bill so far.
“We believe that if a number of jurisdictions outside of Spain say ‘no,’ maybe that will influence the Spanish government to not put out the red carpet for this company and allow them to do it,” said Nick Sackett, director of legislative affairs at Social Compassion in Legislation. Additionally, because octopuses require a diet of three times their weight in fish to survive, farming could disrupt ecosystems by putting strain on wild fish populations.Activists have raised environmental concerns, such as a high risk of nitrogen and phosphorus runoff and other pollution.
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