Businesses from Whole Foods to Red Lobster look to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch guide to inform their purchasing. But Massachusetts lobstermen think the list is wrong for considering labeling their industry as unsustainable.
A popular seafood ranking guide is considering “red listing” American lobster and other New England fisheries for the danger they pose to endangered North Atlantic right whales.is used by grocery stores and restaurants like Whole Foods, Red Lobster and Aramark to inform their purchases."The lobster fishery is doing more than any other region," said Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association Executive Director Beth Casoni.
"When I saw this, I was quite concerned where they were lumping in all the states, all the regions in the United States, to have the American lobster listed as a red choice," Casoni said. She said her group plans to submit comments to Seafood Watch challenging the designation. The New England Aquarium, which has been working with fishermen on developing ropeless gear and weak ropes, said it hoped a technological solution could be reached soon.
"The updated Seafood Watch ratings highlight the need for solutions that both protect North Atlantic Right Whales and enable the fishing industry to thrive," John Mandelman, vice president of the aquarium's ocean life center, said in a statement."If we all work together, right whales and the fishing industry can coexist."
New federal rules requiring lobstermen use weaker ropes are set to go into effect this spring. But Maine's governor and congressional delegationTuesday telling consumers to avoid fisheries that use traps, pots or gillnets, because they risk entangling right whales. The new list includes the New England lobster, Jonah crab and cod fisheries.
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