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Octopus, by Diane Picchiottino, Unsplash.

Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns – and they’re unsustainable too

by Dr Jonathan Birch Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022

The emphasis should be on decreasing consumption rather than on trying to shift demand from wild to captive stocks – and to do that, we need to be wary of quick fixes such as artificially raising prices. That can lead to unwanted effects, such as creating perceived scarcity that drives up consumer desire – think here of “luxury” goods such as shark fin.

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