SACRAMENTO, CA., 8/18/24 – Amid the sea of bills that California lawmakers waded through Thursday, one they rescued marks a key step forward to ban commercial octopus farming in California.
If Assembly Bill 3162 passes the full Senate before the end of this month and Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it, California could be the first state to ban both the practice of octopus farming and the sale of the farmed creature — even though it hasn’t started.
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