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Giulia Malerbi is attempting to prevent octopus from being intensively farmed for food. As head of Global policy at The Aquatic Life Institute, Giulia’s important work aims to stop intensive octopus farming before it even begins and has hopefully contributed to the passing of some groundbreaking legislation to support this ban.
A really refreshing episode about the complexities of advocating for such an unknown species with the ins and outs of why farming this inquisitive species is so problematic from multiple perspectives.
Resources:
00:00:00:00 | Intro
00:01:42:13 | A recent mistake others can learn from
00:06:39:12 | Octopus farming in the United States
00:16:36:18 | Octopus welfare challenges
00:32:21:20 | Strategy behind choosing focus on octopuses
00:43:14:03 | Global campaign against octopus farming
00:48:38:09 | Industry reasons for farming octopus
00:53:57:00 | Other projects of Aquatic Life Institute
00:57:51:14 | How important is public opinion to politicians and legislators
01:03:17:05 | Closing questions
With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!
If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - it means a lot to us!
By James Özden5
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Giulia Malerbi is attempting to prevent octopus from being intensively farmed for food. As head of Global policy at The Aquatic Life Institute, Giulia’s important work aims to stop intensive octopus farming before it even begins and has hopefully contributed to the passing of some groundbreaking legislation to support this ban.
A really refreshing episode about the complexities of advocating for such an unknown species with the ins and outs of why farming this inquisitive species is so problematic from multiple perspectives.
Resources:
00:00:00:00 | Intro
00:01:42:13 | A recent mistake others can learn from
00:06:39:12 | Octopus farming in the United States
00:16:36:18 | Octopus welfare challenges
00:32:21:20 | Strategy behind choosing focus on octopuses
00:43:14:03 | Global campaign against octopus farming
00:48:38:09 | Industry reasons for farming octopus
00:53:57:00 | Other projects of Aquatic Life Institute
00:57:51:14 | How important is public opinion to politicians and legislators
01:03:17:05 | Closing questions
With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!
If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - it means a lot to us!

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