The grocery chain said it will stop selling Maine lobsters after two environmental groups cited concerns about the North American right whale.
Whole Foods said in a statement that it would continue to sell products that it procured while the Maine lobster was still compliant with either group’s standards, and that it planned to resume buying them if the MSC recertifies them or if Seafood Watch gives them a “yellow” light.It wasn’t immediately clear what impact the retailer’s decision would have on the industry. A Whole Foods representative declined to say how much it has previously purchased.
. There are fewer than 350 of the species left, according to the agency, and the right whale has been experiencing what it calls an “unusual mortality event” since 2017, meaning they are disappearing at a faster clip than ever. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, which is tasked with protecting the whales, updated its rules last year, requiring lobster fishers to reduce the amount of rope in the water and to restrict lobstering for part of the year. This summer, though, a district court ruled in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups that the new rope rule fell short of its legal obligations to protect the whales under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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