EU Decides to Forgo Ban on N. American Lobster, Refuses to List as Invasive Species
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Press Herald] - By Penelope Overton - October 17, 2016 -
The European Union has decided the American lobster isn’t an invasive species after all, averting a ban on the live import of Maine’s iconic crustacean.
The EU’s Committee on Invasive Alien Species told Sweden, the member nation that had sought the ban after discovering American lobsters off its coast, that it would not list Homerus americanus for technical reasons, even though Sweden’s argument had persuaded the forum of EU scientists who study alien species to pursue the listing just one month ago...
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