Crew pulls thousands of illegal traps, saving 1,500 octopuses Illegal traps threaten octopus population and increase sea pollution Octopus overfishing extends to Italy, Spain, Portugal THERMAIC GULF, ...
A dramatic cry of “Octopus!” echoes across the deck of the Sea Eagle vessel as its crew hauls a plastic pot from the seabed off northern Greece, revealing a squirming cephalopod. The creature, moments ...
STORY: Home to the nation’s largest octopus habitat, Greece’s Thracian Sea is also blanketed by illegal plastic octopus traps. The practice threatens octopus populations, fuels marine pollution, and ...