Environment. EU rejects Sweden’s requirements for an import stop of live american lobster, ” says a source at the EUROPEAN commission to the Reuters news agency.
the Proposal has failed to gain the support of an EU committee that looked into the case, according to Reuters. But, says the official, the EU is now exploring other measures, “less distortive for trade”, to respond to Sweden’s request.
Sweden wants to stop the importation of live american lobster since it is considered to be an invasive species that can hybridize and, in the long term to beat out the european lobster. It can also spread disease and parasites, according to the Swedish authorities. Norway has already introduced the import stop of the lobster.
the American lobster is found in the to a greater extent off the coast of Europe. Since 2008, the 32 american lobsters found in Swedish waters. Most have, according to the Marine and water authority probably escaped or were released from the illegal sumps.
An import stop would be costly for us and canadian fishermen.
Export of live lobsters from USA and Canada to the EU had a turnover of 200 million dollars last year, equivalent to just over sek 1.6 billion.
the FACTS
The american lobster can go much deeper than the european. The dots on the head is not completely white and on the european and stjärtloben is not as black as the rest of the tail. But there are color variations of both american and european lobsters, therefore, it can inter be necessary with genetic analysis to safely artidentifiera it. The first american lobster in Swedish waters was discovered in 2008.
Source: SLU
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