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Invasion of the American lobsters: Sweden asks EU for help
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/18/invasion-of-the-american-lobsters-sweden-asks-eu-for-helpSwedish environment ministry says Maine lobster could wipe out European species with deadly diseases
Invasion of the American lobsters: Sweden asks EU for help
Associated Press in Stockholm
Friday 18 March 2016 06.56 EDT
Sweden has asked the European Union for help to stop an invasion of American lobsters, saying they could wipe out their European cousins with deadly diseases.
The Swedish environment ministry said more than 30 American lobsters have been found along Sweden’s west coast in recent years.
It said the American lobster, also known as the Maine lobster, “can carry diseases and parasites that could spread to the European lobster and result in extremely high mortality”.
It also said interbreeding among the crustaceans could have “negative genetic effects” and threaten the survival of the European species.
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Lobstering in New England has become problematic because the warming ocean - lobsters keep heading north the warmer the ocean gets.
