Whole Foods announced it will no longer sell Maine lobster at stores after the Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch pulled their support for the Maine industry.
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The Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch recently pulled their endorsements over concerns about risks to rare North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear. Entanglement in gear is one of the biggest threats to the whales.in the country, slammed Whole Foods' decision, arguing that no right whale has died due to Maine lobster gear and that the fishing community in the state has long worked to protect right whales.
Virginia Carter, an associate with the Save America’s Wildlife Campaign at Environment America Research & Policy Center, said the Whole Foods decision is an"important action to protect the highly endangered" whale.
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