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A series of seafood thefts in New England, including $400,000 worth of lobster destined for Costco in Illinois, involved sophisticated fraud and impersonation by criminals, highlighting a growing problem of cargo theft that impacts consumers and businesses alike.
Multiple seafood thefts, including 40,000 oysters, $400,000 worth of lobster, and crabmeat, occurred in New England within weeks, involving sophisticated theft methods like impersonation and phishing, ultimately impacting consumers and small businesses.
Multiple seafood thefts, including $400,000 worth of lobster, oysters, and crab, occurred in New England, involving sophisticated theft methods like impersonation and fraud, impacting local businesses and consumers.
A $400,000 shipment of lobster destined for Costco stores in the Midwest was hijacked in Massachusetts, highlighting a pattern of organized cargo theft involving impersonation and spoofing, which could lead to higher prices for consumers and calls for stronger federal enforcement.,
Maine lobstermen are suing the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation for defamation after it placed American lobster on its "red list" of seafood for consumers to avoid due to the threat posed to right whales by fishing gear entanglement used to harvest lobster. The lawsuit alleges that portraying the Maine lobster industry as a threat to whales is false and defamatory. The "red list" distinction caused stores like Whole Foods and restaurants like the Cheesecake Factory to no longer sell lobster caught in Maine. The lawsuit is seeking that the aquarium remove "all defamatory statements concerning the Maine lobster industry and its fishing practices," as well as unspecified monetary damages covering "the value of all business Plaintiffs have lost or will lose in the future."
A coalition of lobster businesses and industry groups from Maine filed a federal lawsuit against the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation, accusing the environmental group of defamation. The lawsuit argues that the foundation has made defamatory statements about Maine lobster fishing practices, misleading consumers and commercial lobster buyers about the state's lobster harvest. The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program downgraded Maine lobster from "good alternative" to "avoid," citing risks the state's fishery poses to endangered North Atlantic right whales. The coalition argues that the rating and subsequent move from Whole Foods would threaten the state's massive, small business-dominate lobster industry.