NOAA Rejects EU Assessment On North American Lobsters As Lacking Evidence

The U.S. last week lambasted a revised European Union risk assessment on whether the North American lobster is an invasive species as lacking in scientific evidence as it continues to fight to ensure the EU does not implement an import ban on $200 million worth of U.S. lobster exports. In an Aug. 16 letter , assistant administrator for fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Eileen Sobeck blasted the EU risk assessment (RA) as “inadequate” and “unacceptable” given the...