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Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster following fishery’s loss of 2 sustainability labels
The upscale supermarket chain says that it won’t offer Gulf of Maine lobster until it again has an eco-friendly certification or is removed from the Seafood Watch ‘red list.’
Our View: Republicans offer anger, but no real solutions, for lobster industry
Competing interests are colliding in the Gulf of Maine. It’ll be up to our elected officials to find a compromise.
In Portland rally, lobstermen urge state to sue feds over regulations
Hundreds of the fishermen and their supporters turned out, calling on Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey to sue over proposed regulations that they say could kill the lobstering industry.
For lobster industry, the threat is clear. The adversary is murkier.
Criticism of the lobstering industry has become contentious, and it can be hard to figure out who’s who.
Mainers say new lobster regulations could kill the industry
Roughly 200 people, including Gov. Mills and most of Maine’s congressional delegation, attended a hearing in Portland to tell federal officials that proposed new regulations would do little to protect endangered right whales.
After lobster ruling, federal regulators mull how to quickly reduce risks for right whales
Among possible measures: limits on traps, reductions in the number of lines and a longer seasonal closure of lobstering waters.
Lobstering group appeals decision in lawsuit over whale-protection rules
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says the new regulations are based on faulty science, and is now attempting to take that argument to a higher court.
Boycotts, backlash over lobster fishery’s addition to ‘red list’
Maine’s lobster industry and its supporters are fighting back after Seafood Watch placed lobster on a list of seafood to avoid because of sustainability concerns.
Retailers pull lobster from menus after ‘red list’ warning
Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its ‘red list’ of species to avoid.