Mass. Marine Fisheries Division: From the Director's Desk, "Red-Listing" of Lobster - Misguided and Counterproductive
December 24, 2022
December 24, 2022
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game Division of Marine Fisheries issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022, by Director Dan McKiernan:
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In September, the California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch "red-listed" American lobster caught in the U.S. and Canada. Seafood Watch claims that the lobster fishery poses an entanglement risk to endangered North Atlantic right whales and recommends that . . .
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In September, the California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch "red-listed" American lobster caught in the U.S. and Canada. Seafood Watch claims that the lobster fishery poses an entanglement risk to endangered North Atlantic right whales and recommends that . . .