The removal of a dead humpback whale from octopus fishing lines on Thursday has spurred on the City of Cape Town to call for an urgent moratorium on the exploratory octopus permit. This follows the ...

Another dead 12-metre Bryde’s whale was found in False Bay near Cape Town last week after becoming entangled in octopus trap ropes. The traps have been in use by a single company since 1998, ...

A massive haul of Mediterranean octopus has helped a Cornish trawler land a catch worth a record £158,000. The Newlyn-based beam trawler Enterprise was fishing close to the Channel Islands when its ...

Octopuses have been around for hundreds of millions of years, but did you know that most only live for a few years, dying soon after mating or laying eggs? Until now that hasn't been a problem, but ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A small octopus, unique to Penghu, mates each year around the Tomb Sweeping holiday, leading the Penghu County Government to enact a limited fishing ban, this year from March 29 ...

East Gippsland fishers have welcomed a new regime for octopus fishing, following the creation of 11 tradable licences and catch quotas. A cap of 68 tonnes of octopus has been imposed on the industry, ...

The company that holds the exploratory octopus trapping permit for False Bay will be allowed to resume work – subject to stringent mitigation measures. Twenty weeks after Minister of Environment, ...

The giant Pacific octopus is one of the smartest creatures in the ocean, and this short viral clip is definitive proof. The video, originally filmed in June 2023, shows a 50-pound octopus slithering ...

Declaring sections of the ocean off-limits through marine protected areas isn't effective without a means to enforce fishing bans. Blue Ventures believes a market-based approach to conservation could ...