european union

Maine lobster suppliers strategize to foil EU ban

Dealers and suppliers meet in Brussels for a seafood expo and to talk with their Canadian and New England peers about Sweden's attempt to ban live lobster imports.

 

 

 

 

Maine lobster suppliers met behind closed doors with dealers from some of Europe’s biggest lobster importing countries in Brussels last week to discuss a pending ban on importing live North American lobsters into Europe.

 

A proposed European Union ban on live lobster exports from the US and Canada is drawing fire from scientists who don't believe lobster poses an invasive species risk, the CBC.ca reported.

 

The Swedish government, citing a report that American lobsters could carry diseases that affect European lobsters, is seeking to list American and Canadian lobster as a foreign species, which would prohibit U.S. and Canadian exports to the EU's 28 members