Nueva Pescanova has dropped plans for a €65m octopus farm in Gran Canaria after a five-year dispute over environmental regulation. Campaigners say the decision may slow the development of a new form of aquaculture, as Washington and California have already banned octopus farming and bills are moving in Spain, Mexico and Chile.

Spanien gibt geplante erste Oktopusfarm der Welt auf

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Nueva Pescanova stoppt den Bau einer Oktopusfarm für 65 Millionen Euro auf Gran Canaria nach einem fünfjährigen Streit über Umweltauflagen. Der Entscheid fällt, während in Washington und Kalifornien solche Farmen bereits verboten wurden und in Spanien, Mexiko und Chile Vorlagen entworfen werden.

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