Prohibits a person from raising octopus for the purpose of human consumption or participating in the sale or offer for sale of octopus that was raised for human consumption.
Our coastal restaurants have a good seafood reputation. So requiring them to import octopus is nonsense. The coastal counties could become an octopus exporter, which would help their economy. That isn’t a choice for the legislature to govern a suppression of economic growth when there is no safety issue involved.