Seafood Sustainability

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (513+ words) A federal appeals court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a group of Maine lobstermen and industry representatives against the California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium over claims of environmental harm. In 2023, the lobstermen sued the aquarium after its Seafood Watch…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (310+ words) BOSTON, Massachusetts (WMTW) - A federal appeals court has ordered the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit that was brought by the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and four other groups against the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. The lawsuit was filed in March…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago   (143+ words) If proven, losses like those would show how far a single fishery-wide rating can travel. The rating was aimed at gear in the water, yet the alleged damage arrived through customers' purchasing decisions. Greener Pharma Manufacturing Faces the Scale-Up Test…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (285+ words) Hannah Pingree, Bobby Charles and Rick Bennett are set to face off in CBS13 & FOX23's Maine gubernatorial debate on Tuesday at 7 p.m. A federal appeals court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against a conservation group in California for recommending consumers avoid American…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (238+ words) A federal appeals court has sided with the California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium, which faced a defamation lawsuit from Maine lobstermen and groups representing the state's industry. The lobstermen sued three years ago, after the aquarium's Seafood Watch program stripped the…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago   (231+ words) Did you see that story making the rounds on social media about a lobster that caused such a disturbance in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, that the police were called? According to the internet, a lobster that just wanted a taste of…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (151+ words) Midcoast Villager BOSTON — A federal appeals court has ordered that a defamation lawsuit filed more than three years ago by the Maine Lobstermen’s Association against a California-based aquarium over claims made against the industry be dismissed. The First…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1040+ words) Lam's Seafood in Seattle's Chinatown International District says Nick Shirley's latest video pushes misleading claims about its business. Nick Shirley is a right-wing independent journalist, and his latest video claims to investigate EBT fraud in the CID and Little Saigon....

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (646+ words) The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an interesting torts decision yesterday on group libel. In Bean Maine Lobster, Inc. v. Monterey Bay Aquarium Found., a unanimous appellate panel ruled that the Maine lobster industry could not…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (326+ words) The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s ruling and dismissed the Maine lobster industry’s defamation lawsuit against a California aquarium on Friday. The plaintiffs argued the foundation made “false and defamatory statements” about the Maine lobster industry’s practices…...