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A balanced approach to the potential of octopus aquaculture: Sustainable Cephalopod Aquaculture and Welfare Group
Marine policy, Vol.179, pp.1-3
01/09/2025
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Abstract
Octopus aquaculture has become a subject of debate. Some critics have expressed the opinion that it raises significant ethical concerns regarding animal welfare and poses ecological risks [1]. This opinion has led to the prohibition of octopus aquaculture in the states of California and Washington during 2024, and there is currently a bill before the US Senate proposing to ban it across the United States [2]. An alternative view is here expressed by researchers specializing in cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus) at 66 research institutions in 25 countries. In our opinion, a blanket ban disregards the potential benefits of octopus aquaculture, which is still at an experimental stage and could contribute to sustainable food systems and resource conservation if developed with robust scientific oversight. Concerns about the welfare and sustainability of animals raised as food for humans are important but both are being addressed proactively through scientific innovation, research and regulation [3], so outright prohibition of octopus aquaculture is unwarranted.
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- Title
- A balanced approach to the potential of octopus aquaculture
- Creators
- I. G. Gleadall - Product Innovation and Engineering (United States, Saint James) - LLCR. Villanueva - CSIC, ICM, Barcelona, SpainGregory J. Barord - Cent Campus Reg Acad, Des Moines, IA USAZoe Doubleday - Univ South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaFelipe Aguado-Gimenez - CSIC, Ctr Oceang Santander, IEO, Santander, SpainNobuhiko Akiyama - Tokai UniversityEduardo Almansa - CSIC, Ctr Oceanog Canarias, IEO, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, SpainCheryl L. Ames - Tohoku UniversityAlexander Arkhipkin - Minist Primary Ind, Fisheries New Zealand, Wellington, New ZealandOtilio Avendano - UNAM, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia Invest, Fac Ciencias, Sisal, Yucatan, MexicoChris Barrett - Collaborat Environm Advisors, Southampton, EnglandGiambattista Bello - College Station Medical CenterJohn R. Bower - Hokkaido Univ, Fac Fisheries Sci, Hakodate, JapanRamiro Braga - Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Lab Cefalopodos, IBIOMAR, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, ArgentinaFelipe A. Briceno - Fdn NIVA Chile Res, Puerto Varas, ChilePaco Bustamante - La Rochelle Univ, Lab LIENSs, CNRS, La Rochelle, FranceClaudia Caamal-Monsreal - UNAM, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia Invest, Fac Ciencias, Sisal, Yucatan, MexicoMiguel Cabanellas-Reboredo - CSIC, Ctr Oceang Illes Balears, IEO, Palma De Mallorca, SpainSergio A. Carrasco - University of ConcepciónSheila Castellanos-Martinez - Univ Autonoma Baja California, Inst Invest Oceanol, Ensenada, Baja California, MexicoJesus Cerezo Valverde - Murcia Inst Agri Food Res & Dev IMIDA, Marine Aquaculture Stn, Murcia, SpainLeo Ji-Ho CheWen-Sung Chung - Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, St Lucia, AustraliaShigeki Dan - Tokyo Univ Marine Sci & Technol, Tokyo, JapanMariana Diaz-Santana-Iturrios - CRIAP La Paz, Inst Mexicano Invest Pesca & Acuacultura Sustenta, Direcc Invest Pesquera Pacifico, La Paz, Baja California, MexicoPedro Dominguesa - VigoErica Donlon Durante - Univ South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaAlejandro Escanezz - VigoViviana Espinoza - Univ Austral Chile, Hatchery Invertebrados Marinos, Inst Acuicultura & Medioambiente, Sede Puerto Montt, Valdivia, ChileAna Farias - Univ Austral Chile, Hatchery Invertebrados Marinos, Inst Acuicultura & Medioambiente, Sede Puerto Montt, Valdivia, ChileFernando Angel Fernandez-Alvarez - CSIC, ICM, Barcelona, SpainPedro Ferreiro-Velasco - Tioga County Partnership for Community HealthGraziano Fiorito - Univ Austral Chile, Hatchery Invertebrados Marinos, Inst Acuicultura & Medioambiente, Sede Puerto Montt, Valdivia, ChileHidetaka Furuya - Osaka UniversityPedro Gallardo - UNAM, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia Invest, Fac Ciencias, Sisal, Yucatan, MexicoKostas Ganias - Aristotle University of ThessalonikiCamino Gestal - VigoAlexey V. Golikov - GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res, Kiel, GermanyAngel F. Gonzalez - VigoRoberto Gonzalez-Gomez - CSIC, Ctr Oceanog Murica, IEO, San Pedro Del Pinatar, SpainJessica Gordon - Univ Essex, Sch Life Sci, Colchester, EnglandAngel Guerra - VigoJuergen Guerrero-KommritzKarina Hall - New South Wales Dept Primary Ind & Reg Dev, Orange, AustraliaManuel Haimovici - Univ Fed Rio Grande FURG, Rio Grande, BrazilKatsuyuki Hamasaki - Tokyo Univ Marine Sci & Technol, Tokyo, JapanJorge Hernandez-Urcera - VigoJorge Hernandez-Velasquez - Univ Austral Chile, Hatchery Invertebrados Marinos, Inst Acuicultura & Medioambiente, Sede Puerto Montt, Valdivia, ChileNoritaka Hirohashi - Shimane UniversityKazuki Hirota - Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Sci, Tokyo, JapanNeil Hutchinson - James Cook Univ, Sch Sci & Technol, Trop Futures Inst, Singapore, SingaporePamela Imperadore - Staz Zool Anton Dohrn, Dept Biol & Evolut Marine Organisms BEOM, Naples, ItalyYoko Iwata - Univ Tokyo, Atmosphere & Ocean Res Inst, Kashiwa, Chiba, JapanMaria de Lourdes Jimenez-Badillo - Univ Veracruzana, Inst Ciencias Marinas & Pesquerias, Boca Del Rio, Veracruz, MexicoYoshiki Kato - Japan Fisheries Res & Educ Agcy, Marine Fisheries Res & Dev Ctr, Yokohama, JapanOleg N. Katugin - Russian Fed Inst Fisheries & Oceanog TINRO, Pacific branch, Vladivostok, RussiaRyosuke Kimbara - Okinawa Inst Sci & Technol, Mol Biol Unit, Okinawa, JapanZdenek Lajbner - Okinawa Inst Sci & Technol, Phys & Biol Unit, Okinawa, JapanGermaine Lau - Temasek Polytech, Singapore, SingaporeUnai Markaida - CONACyT, Colegio Frontera Sur, Lerma, Campeche, MexicoLorenzo Marquez - Univ Catolica Temuco, CIIC, Temuco, ChileM. Virginia Martin - CSIC, Ctr Oceanog Canarias, IEO, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, SpainMaite Mascaro - UNAM, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia Invest, Fac Ciencias, Sisal, Yucatan, MexicoNatalie Moltschaniwsky - New South Wales Dept Primary Ind & Reg Dev, Orange, AustraliaOscar Monroig - CSIC, IATS, Castellon de La Plana, SpainAmalia E. Morales - Univ Granada, Dept Zool, Granada, SpainAna Moreno - Inst Portugues Mar & Atmosfera, Lisbon, PortugalPiedad S. Morillo-Velarde - Univ Murcia, Dept Cell Biol & Histol, Immunobiol Aquaculture Grp, Fac Biol, Murcia, SpainJaruwat Nabhitabhata - Universiti Sains MalaysiaManuel Nande - CIIMAR Interdisciplinary Ctr Marine & Environm Re, Matosinhos, PortugalJuan C. Navarro - CSIC, IATS, Castellon de La Plana, SpainGoh Nishitani - Tohoku UniversityHarini Nishshanka - SRIAtsushi Ogura - Nagahama Inst Biosci & Technol, Nagahama, Shiga, JapanAurelio Ortega - CSIC, Ctr Oceanog Murica, IEO, San Pedro Del Pinatar, SpainNicol As Ortiz - Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, IBIOMAR, Lab Cefalopodos, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, ArgentinaJaime Otero - CSIC, IEO, Ctr Oceang A Coruna, La Coruna, SpainRodrigo Oyanedel - SECOS, Santiago, ChileYumeng Pang - Univ Rhode Isl, Nippon Fdn Ocean Nexus, Dept Marine Affairs, Kingston, RI USACristina Pascual - UNAM, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia Invest, Fac Ciencias, Sisal, Yucatan, MexicoCatalina Perales-Raya - CSIC, Ctr Oceanog Canarias, IEO, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, SpainJoao Manuel Figueiredo Pereira - Inst Portugues Mar & Atmosfera, Lisbon, PortugalCristina Pita - VigoGiovanna Ponte - Staz Zool Anton Dohrn, Dept Biol & Evolut Marine Organisms BEOM, Naples, ItalyAnne Marie Power - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayDelta Putra - Tohoku UniversityAntoni Quetglas - CSIC, Ctr Oceang Illes Balears, IEO, Palma De Mallorca, SpainTiago Repolho - University of LisbonJean-Paul Robin - Univ Caen Normandie, Caen, FranceFrancisco Rocha - VigoAlex Romero - Univ Austral Chile, Lab Immunol & Estres Organismos Acuat, Fac Ciencias Vet, Inst Patol Anim, Valdivia, ChileRui Rosa - University of LisbonCarlos Rosas - UNAM, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia Invest, Fac Ciencias, Sisal, Yucatan, MexicoRigoberto Rosas-Luis - IxM SECIHTI Tecnol Nac Mexico, Chetmal, MexicoKatina Roumbedakis - VigoAlvaro Roura - VigoRushan M. Sabirov - Kazan Fed Univ, Kazan, RussiaJoao B. L. Sales - Univ Fed Para, GIBI, CEABIO, Belem, BrazilPilar Sanchez - CSIC, ICM, Barcelona, SpainNoriyosi Sato - Tokai UniversitySustainable Cephalopod Aquaculture Welfare Grp
- Publication Details
- Marine policy, Vol.179, pp.1-3
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 3
- Grant note
- ERDF/EU; European Union (EU) CEX2019-000928-S / Spanish government through the "Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence PID2021-126824NB / Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities - MICIU/AEI
- Identifiers
- 991013292507302368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article