3. FOOD COMPANIES AIM TO FACTORY FARM OCTOPUSES, BUT WE’RE FIGHTING BACK—AND WINNING

Let’s be clear: We should be ending factory farming, not confining new species. And we are sharing this message far and wide, with two major victories won in just the last few months.

In the U.S., two state bills banning octopus farming became law this year. First came Washington State's HB 1153, followed by California’s bill AB-3162, which goes one step further by also banning the sale of farmed octopus products.

Two critical campaigns to stop octopus farming continue:

1. Block Nueva Pescanova's octopus farm plans. The Spanish seafood company intends to confine more than one million octopuses in underwater tanks every year.

2. Champion the U.S. OCTOPUS Act. CIWF supporters have already sent over 8,000 letters to their Senators, asking them to endorse this bill that would ban octopus farming in the U.S. and prohibit imports of farmed octopus meat.