Maine delegation seeks to block funding for California aquarium over lobster ‘red listing’

MAINE PUBLIC • October 5, 2022

Members of Maine's congressional delegation are targeting the California aquarium that recently "red listed" lobster by trying to cut off all federal funding to the institution. Rep. Jared Golden, D-District 2, and independent Sen. Angus King announced Wednesday that they plan to introduce bills to block federal dollars from flowing to the Monterey Bay Aquarium because the organization has “irresponsibly ignored scientific facts and the lobster fishery’s history of sustainability.” Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-District 1, plan to co-sponsor the proposals.