Posted on

New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Preemptive Ban on Octopus Farming

plant based new octopus farm 2624023516

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, As concerns about animal welfare and environmental impact grow, New Jersey lawmakers are taking a proactive approach to ban octopus farming before it begins in the Garden State. While no octopus farms currently exist in New Jersey, a proposed bill introduced in Trenton last month aims to prohibit the operation, sale, possession, transportation, or distribution of farm-raised octopus for human consumption.

Continue reading New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Preemptive Ban on Octopus Farming