Urge NOAA to reverse or modify the lobster industry's Red List designation using data-driven evidence.

Pingree and Mills will urge NOAA to make data-driven modifications to...

The post says Pingree will urge NOAA to change the lobster industry's Red List designation based on data.

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The Maine delegation, including Rep. Chellie Pingree, called on Seafood Watch to immediately reverse the Maine lobster red-listing or justify it with evidence, and said the designation ignored available NOAA data and the fishery’s mitigation steps.

Pingree joined a formal call for reversal/justification of the lobster red-list designation, satisfying the lobbying action promised by the claim.

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Maine Congressional Delegation and Governor Mills Call on Seafood Watch to Immediately Reverse Lobster Red List Designation or Provide Evidence to Back Claims
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Seafood Watch was still moving in the opposite direction in May 2026, proposing to add North American lobster to its Red List rather than reverse the designation.

Recent reporting indicates the lobster red-list issue remained active and was not reversed by the date of review.

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Seafood Watch proposes adding North American lobster, other species to Red List
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Pingree's House office reported that Senator King, Senator Collins, Governor Mills, Representative Pingree, and Representative Golden called on Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to reverse Maine lobster's Red List designation or provide evidence, citing omitted facts, NOAA data, lack of Maine gear-linked deaths or serious injuries, and lobster-industry mitigation steps.

Direct official evidence that Pingree joined the requested advocacy and used data-driven arguments to seek reversal of the lobster Red List designation.

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Maine Congressional Delegation and Governor Mills Call on Seafood Watch to Immediately Reverse Lobster Red List Designation or Provide Evidence to Back Claims
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The signed delegation letter includes Chellie Pingree and asks Seafood Watch to reverse the Red List decision. It cites public facts including no right whale entanglement with Maine lobster gear since 2004, no attributed serious injury or death from Maine lobster gear, NOAA mortality data distinguishing Canadian vessel strikes, and removal of about 30,000 miles of line from the water.

Primary-source letter proves Pingree personally joined a formal demand for reversal using specific factual and NOAA-linked evidence.

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ME Delegation Letter to Monterey Bay Aquarium re Red-Listing 09.08.22
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NOAA Fisheries' UME page documents North Atlantic right whale mortality, serious injury, and morbidity cases since 2017, identifies entanglements and vessel strikes as key causes, and provides annual counts. This is the type of federal data referenced in the delegation's argument, though the NOAA page itself is not a Pingree advocacy action.

Official NOAA data corroborates that Pingree's reversal request relied on federal right-whale evidence, but does not independently establish the advocacy act.

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2017–2026 North Atlantic Right Whale Unusual Mortality Event | NOAA Fisheries
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AP reported in 2025 that Seafood Watch placed U.S. and Canadian lobster on its do-not-eat Red List in 2022 and that litigation over the listing continued. This suggests the designation issue remained active later, but the promise was to urge reversal or modification, not necessarily to secure it.

Later reputable reporting shows the Red List dispute persisted, but it does not negate fulfillment of the narrower promise to urge reversal using evidence.

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Lobster fishermen can sue environmental group for defamation, judge says
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