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  • BBC Wildlife Magazine

    MARK CARWARDINE

    Jun 30, 2022 2 minutes

    THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIAL octopus farm, in the Canary Islands, aims to be fully operational by 2023, and to produce 3,000 tonnes of octopus meat a year by 2026. It’s an appalling concept.

    The world’s appetite for octopus is growing exponentially: at least 420,000 tonnes is caught each year (more than 10 times the amount caught in 1950) and annual

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