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Explore the impactful news coverage of Aquatic Life Institute’s work across a variety of key sectors, see our latest press releases, and check out our experts available for interviews!

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Key Media Coverage

IFLScience: Plans For World's First Octopus "Megafarm" Have Been Scrapped After Years Of Backlash
Vox: The race to stop octopus farming before it starts
The Cool Down: Officials enact game-changing ban on 'inhumane' seafood industry practices: 'Has brought serious harm'
Global Seafood Alliance: Report spotlights emerging technologies to improve animal welfare in capture fisheries
MSN: Efforts grow to ban octopus farming
Grocery Gazette: Co-op ends controversial practice of shrimp eye removal
Food Ingredients First: Bill to ban octopus farming reintroduced in the US Senate amid rising cruelty concerns
FishFocus: Hilton Foods Releases Progressive Crustacean Welfare Policy
Feed & Additive: From labels to levers: How benchmarking is reshaping aquaculture sourcing decisions
Global Seafood Alliance: Seeking novel approaches to harmonize animal health and welfare in modern aquaculture
The Fishing Daily: Aquatic Life Institute Publishes New Tuna Welfare Guide
The Grocer: Tesco publishes decapod crustacean welfare policy

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