Dr. Robyn Crook on KCBS radio
This morning Dr. Robyn Crook was interviewed on KCBS radio during a segment on the emerging controversy around efforts to develop farming methods for octopus. There is considerable interest in developing new technologies for supplying reliable sources of food to the world’s growing population, and octopuses are appealing because they grow quickly and are high in protein. However, several recent articles have focused on the ethical implications of creating an industry exploiting intelligent, potentially conscious species such as octopus. In addition to discussing ethical concerns and methods of humane killing, as well as the ecological implications of in-shore intensive aquaculture of cephalopods.