Whole Foods’ decision to stop selling Maine lobster has upset politicians from the nation’s largest lobster-producing state.
Whole Foods’ decision to stop selling Maine lobster has been cheered by environmental groups, but made politicians steaming mad.
The high-end grocery giant took lobster from the Gulf of Maine off the menu at hundreds of its stores nationwide, citing a pair of sustainability organizations yanking their support for the US lobster fishing industry. The organizations, the Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch, said they were concerned about the risks fishing gear posed to the endangered North Atlantic right whales. The whale population isThe decision, revealed last week, has drawn ire from Maine, which boasts the nation’s largest lobster fishing industry.
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