Question 10: Description of the reported FACTS. Please provide as many details as possible for a better investigation and resolution of the Complaint (e.g., what happened? What was said or done? etc.). Take your time. (MANDATORY)

Answer: Copy and paste the text below in the box (text provided: 1520 characters). If you make any edits, please remember to remain focused on the issue and polite, as such messages are more likely to be effective.

Nueva Pescanova’s company website claims that it is committed to ‘maintaining biodiversity’, ‘protecting the ecosystem’ and ‘promoting the circular economy’. Yet its own environmental report for the farm at the Port of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, was considered insufficient by the Canary Islands Government due to concerns that the plans could:

Threaten local wildlife, including cetaceans (dolphins and porpoises) and turtles, through noise and water pollution due to its close. proximity to a Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Pose a public health risk by using seawater from the port which is not of a high enough quality to be used for human food production.
Cause pollution including CO2 emissions, odour concerns, and discharges that could significantly contribute to the already highly contaminated harbour waters.
Threaten a protected species of algae – cystoseria – which is present in the surroundings.

Furthermore, it is important to note that:

Octopuses are unique, intelligent, naturally solitary creatures who are not suited to the overcrowded conditions that are typical of factory farms. This would increase aggression and can ultimately lead to cannibalism. They are also carnivorous, meaning they need to be fed wild fish in captivity, an unsustainable practice that would put extra pressure on already overexploited fish populations.

I ask you to reconsider the plans to open an octopus farm due to the animal, environment and health concerns it poses.

Question 11: Are there material witnesses to the reported facts or other people inside or outside the Nueva Pescanova Group who can provide additional information, corroborate the allegations, or give more details on them? (MANDATORY)

Answer: NO

Question 12: Have these facts been previously reported or notified to any direct supervisor or manager, or to any member of the management of your Company or of the Nueva Pescanova Group? (MANDATORY)

Answer: NO