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Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea by abhgh on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @04:02PM (#18340797)
One glimmer of hope is this is in Monterey - where the Moneterey Bay Aquarium is. I understand they have a few programs directed at conservation efforts. Let's hope they take this up.
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Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea by singularity2001 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @05:03PM (#18341251)
Are Chinese bottom trawlers respecting Monterey territory?
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Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea by jmalicki on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:38PM (#18342482)
It seems perfect compliance is a ways off, but the USCG spends a lot of effort enforcing EEZs and marine sanctuaries with a lot of results https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56c65ea3f2b77e3a78d34...
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Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea by pinko on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @09:06AM (#18345300)
Great, relevant link -- thanks!
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Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea by pvaldes on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @07:46PM (#18342209)
Very unprobable, but there is some hope

First of all the rocky botom can offer some kind of protection against trawls.

And second, is not clear if this octopus are edible. I can't identify the species with this video. Maybe Graneledone but I'm not sure. The much smaller squat lobster (Munida? Munidopsis?) in the video can be deceptive but the octopus look very small to me. We could be talking about a small animal of only 10cm of mantle length (body minus tentacles). Probably not valuable enough to risk the fishing material and spending fuel on it.

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Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea by FajitaNachos on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @06:30PM (#18341816)
The jewel of Morro Bay, California.
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