As octopuses dwindle in Spanish waters, suppliers look to imports and farming despite concerns

Spain turns to farms and foreign peaches to meet the demand for octopus as local stocks decrease. In O Carballino, a city which presents itself as the capital of the Poulpe of Spain, a factory procedure procedure entirely from Mauritania and Morocco. This change comes while the Poulpe population of Spain faces a drop due to overfishing and environmental changes. Some companies explore octopus agriculture, but that has aroused animal welfare problems. Critics argue that agriculture of intelligent and lonely creatures is inhuman. Controversy has stimulated repression, some American states moving to prohibit octopus agriculture preventively.