Spurred on by soaring demand for seafood, a Spanish company plans to open the first commercial octopus farm next year but as scientists discover more about the enigmatic animals some warn it could be an ethical and environmental disaster. "This is a global milestone," said Roberto Romero, aquaculture director at Nueva Pescanova, the company pouring 65 million euros ($74 million) into the farm, which is pending environmental approval from local authorities. At the company's research centre in Galicia, northwest Spain, several octopuses silently propelled themselves around a shallow indoor tank.

Dinner or disaster: 1st octopus farm stirs ethics debate. (2022, March 4). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A12.