Three tonnes of octopus landed last year as bycatch - but local appetite for species is low

MORE than three tonnes of octopus were landed in Jersey last year according to recently published figures, more than double the amount caught in 2024, although the species remains a bycatch and an unwelcome threat to lobster and scallop stocks. Figures included in the government’s Marine Resources annual report for last year reveal that 3,022kg […]