. WholeFoods will temporarily stop buying Maine lobster for its stores nationwide, citing concerns about the impact of fishing practices on an endangered whale species. The move has drawn praise from environmentalists and anger from local politicians.
Right whales are protected under federal conservation laws like the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act, which are implemented by NOAA .this summer that the new regulations, while intended to protect right whales, does not fully meet the legal obligations that fixed-gear fisheries have for doing so.
An MSC spokesperson explained to NPR over email that one performance indicator — which requires that any management strategy involving right whales is highly likely to achieve the national requirements for that species' protection — fell below the minimum required score. Environmental groups are applauding Whole Foods' decision to stop procuring Maine lobster for the time being.
."We appreciate that the grocer paused lobster purchases from the Gulf of Maine, one of the places where lobster ropes threaten the few remaining right whales we have left."Whole Foods says it will pause purchases of Maine lobster for environmental reasons, but isn't pulling it from the shelves.
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