In the Galician town of O Carballiño, the self-declared “octopus capital” of Spain, the contradiction couldn’t be starker. A bronze statue of an octopus towers over the square, the streets are lined with pulperías, and a festival celebrates octopus every year. But the town’s century-old octopus factory hasn’t sourced a single animal from local waters in over a decade.
Spain’s “Octopus Capital” Has No Octopuses Left
