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Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
Cases / Fishing ban · Spain · 2025–2026

Octopus farm project (Nueva Pescanova, Canary Islands)

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 3 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Nueva Pescanova proposed an octopus farm in the Canary Islands. A July 2026 headline in Diario de Avisos stated that no octopus farm would be built there.

"No se construira granja de pulpos en Canarias"Headline of Diario de Avisos, July 2026
Headline as published; the article had not been opened when the record was compiled.

Status As of July 2026: Diario de Avisos headlined that no octopus farm will be built in the Canary Islands; the underlying article has not been reviewed.

What?
A proposed octopus farm in the Canary Islands by Nueva Pescanova. Diario de Avisos
Where?
Canary Islands, Spain. Diario de Avisos
When?
Reports dated October 2025 and July 2026. Diario de Avisos
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Nueva Pescanova, a Spanish seafood company, proposed an octopus farm in the Canary Islands.

In October 2025 elDiario.es, citing the animal-welfare group Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), carried a report headlined "La polemica granja de pulpos. 28.000 toneladas de peces" about the project. The article's contents are not given in the sources reviewed beyond the headline.

In July 2026 Diario de Avisos carried the headline "No se construira granja de pulpos en Canarias". Only the headline is available in the sources reviewed (see Unknown).

  1. 2025elDiario.es / CIWF report on the Canary Islands octopus farm project (October)
  2. 2026Diario de Avisos headline: no octopus farm will be built in the Canaries (July)

How it looked

What was shown, beside what was recorded.

Shown

    Recorded

    • Diario de Avisos headline, July 2026: "No se construira granja de pulpos en Canarias".
      Diario de Avisos
    • elDiario.es headline, October 2025: "La polemica granja de pulpos. 28.000 toneladas de peces".
      elDiario.es

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
    No court caseNo independent ecological evaluation

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: No independent ecological evaluation is on record.

    Court

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: that Pescanova withdrew the project (derived of the Diario de Avisos article, which had not been opened).
    • Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: the figure of 28,000 tonnes of fish in the elDiario.es / CIWF headline, and what it refers to.
    • Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: that California became the second US state to ban octopus farming in September 2024 (SeafoodSource); Washington and California bans are also mentioned.
    • None on record The location, size, permits and financing of the proposed farm are not given in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    The July 2026 Diario de Avisos headline states that no farm will be built; the article itself had not been opened.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

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