"Commercial farming of octopus is taking a stride forward with the development of a model octopus farm at the Department of Fisheries' Research Division. The Department of Fisheries has been working closely with Fremantle Octopus Pty Ltd, to rear octopus as a potentially lucrative limb of WA aquaculture. Principal Aquaculture Scientist, Dr Sagiv Kolkovski, is running a two-pronged research program into the commercial viability of exploiting Octopus tetricus through aquaculture." (Quoted from article)