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Chapter 24
Octopus vulgaris: Ongrowing
Francisco Javier Sánchez, Jesús Cerezo Valverde
and Benjamín García García
J. Iglesias et al. (eds.), Cephalopod Culture, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_24,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
F. J. Sánchez ()
Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Oceanographic Center of Vigo,
Subida a Radio Faro 50, 36390 Vigo, Spain
e-mail: javier.sanchez@vi.ieo.es
J. Cerezo Valverde · B. García García
IMIDA-Acuicultura, Consejería de Agricultura y Agua de la Región de Murcia,
Puerto de San Pedro del Pinatar, San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain
e-mail: jesus.cerezo@carm.es
B. G. García
e-mail: benjamin.garcia@carm.es
Abstract This chapter covers the most important topics related to the common
octopus Octopus vulgaris ongrowing from an experimental and commercial standpoint, citing the most outstanding works of the last decade on the subject. It first
describes the current situation and then lists the parameters that are most important
in the rearing process, from the purely environmental (salinity, temperature, oxygen, nitrogen compounds) to those related to the biology of the species studied
such as growth rate and survival in relation to sex, initial body weight and stocking
density. It also provides information on ongrowing performance depending on the
type of food, natural or formulated and the degree of acceptance of this with respect
to its texture. Finally, we present results of growth in tanks and sea cages and give
recommendations on the transport of live octopus.
Keywords Octopus vulgaris · Ongrowing · Environmental parameters · Culture
parameters · Diet
24.1 Introduction
The common octopus ( Octopus vulgaris) has aroused much interest in recent years
as a species that might be considered suitable for large-scale production, given its
commercial value (Vaz-Pires et al. 2004); its fecundity, each female producing
Chapter 24
Octopus vulgaris: Ongrowing
Francisco Javier Sánchez, Jesús Cerezo Valverde
and Benjamín García García
J. Iglesias et al. (eds.), Cephalopod Culture, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_24,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
F. J. Sánchez ()
Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Oceanographic Center of Vigo,
Subida a Radio Faro 50, 36390 Vigo, Spain
e-mail: javier.sanchez@vi.ieo.es
J. Cerezo Valverde · B. García García
IMIDA-Acuicultura, Consejería de Agricultura y Agua de la Región de Murcia,
Puerto de San Pedro del Pinatar, San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain
e-mail: jesus.cerezo@carm.es
B. G. García
e-mail: benjamin.garcia@carm.es
Abstract This chapter covers the most important topics related to the common
octopus Octopus vulgaris ongrowing from an experimental and commercial standpoint, citing the most outstanding works of the last decade on the subject. It first
describes the current situation and then lists the parameters that are most important
in the rearing process, from the purely environmental (salinity, temperature, oxygen, nitrogen compounds) to those related to the biology of the species studied
such as growth rate and survival in relation to sex, initial body weight and stocking
density. It also provides information on ongrowing performance depending on the
type of food, natural or formulated and the degree of acceptance of this with respect
to its texture. Finally, we present results of growth in tanks and sea cages and give
recommendations on the transport of live octopus.
Keywords Octopus vulgaris · Ongrowing · Environmental parameters · Culture
parameters · Diet
24.1 Introduction
The common octopus ( Octopus vulgaris) has aroused much interest in recent years
as a species that might be considered suitable for large-scale production, given its
commercial value (Vaz-Pires et al. 2004); its fecundity, each female producing