Lobster fishermen can sue environmental group for defamation, judge says

Scarburu, Maine (AP) –

A group of locusts fishermen can prosecute one of the largest seafood monitoring groups in the world for defamation, and the Federal Court has ruled a report that Maine Lubbester has described as an unseen option for consumers.

The threat to the types of whale has pushed a rare whale to intertwine in fishing equipment Monterey bay aquarium In California, to beware of eating a variety of lobster that New England fishermen achieved for centuries.

Seafood Watch, a preservation program run by an aquarium, locusts from the United States and Canada in the non -food “red menu” in 2022. Some retailers Pull the lobster from the stores after the recommendation.

Judge John Woodkok spent last month that the fishermen had suffered from damage to their manufacture as a result of the red armor, after he filed the basin in the US boycott court in Mine to deliver a lawsuit in 2023. A spokesman for the aquarium said on Sunday that he is planning to appeal, but Woodkuk’s ruling means that the lawsuit is submitting.

“The reputation and goodness cannot be replaced by good intentions adequately by giving damage, and this injury remains as long as” the red list. “

The locust industry, which is largely based in Maine, is one of the most profitable fisheries in the United States, whose value is estimated at more than half a billion dollars on the sidewalks last year. Tangle Sea -locust equipment It is also one of the most important threats to the North Atlantic right whale, that is, less than 400.

“To protect our ability to share important information with the public,” said Emerson Brown, the pelvic spokesman, who plans to appeal the ruling.

The Main Lobminter Association, one of the groups that filed the lawsuit, described Woodkook’s decision as “important” in a statement.

“Min Lobmintermen has been a generation of Ocean employees for generations, and we have been committed to defending our livelihoods against unnecessary claims.”