A congressman from Maine said he will file a proposal to withhold federal money from a California aquarium and conservation group that has recommended seafood consumers avoid buying lobster.
FILE - This combination of file photos shows Republican former Rep. Bruce Poliquin in 2017, left, and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in 2018, right, in Maine. Golden said Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, that he will file a proposal to withhold federal money from a California conservation group that has recommended seafood consumers avoid buying lobster. The move from the Democrat came a week after a spat with Poliquin about support for Maine's lobster industry.
Golden said Wednesday that he is presenting a bill to withhold any future federal funding from the aquarium and its programs. The aquarium has received more than $190 million in federal money since 2001, he said. Golden declined to return the donation from Packard and instead donated it as part of a $5,000 donation to the Maine Lobstermen's Association Legal Defense Fund, representatives for his campaign said.
Representatives for Monterey Bay Aquarium defended the Seafood Watch decision to place lobster on the list of seafood to avoid. Aquarium representatives also said most of the federal money cited by Golden went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, a separate institution that partners with the aquarium and is not involved with Seafood Watch.
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