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Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program evaluates the environmental sustainability of wild-caught and farmed seafood commonly found in the United States marketplace.
Check out this recommendation from Seafood Watch. American lobster caught in Canada (Lobster Fishing Area 33) with pots should be avoided. This fishery poses a risk to overfished or at-risk species, including endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Sep 8, 2022 · MONTEREY BAY — Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should...
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Sep 12, 2022 · The Monterey Bay Aquarium program says American lobster supplies are fine, but fishing practices are affecting other species.
Sep 8, 2022 · Monterey Bay Aquarium puts American lobster on its Seafood Watch ‘red’ list of species to avoid. The organization downgraded the species due to concern over the right whale population....
Sep 27, 2022 · The recent decision by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch to “Red List” Maine lobster with scant evidence of impacts on right whales is a reckless piece of activism that will inflict substantial negative real-world consequences on an important and iconic industry in Maine.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program released today the final assessments for a number of Canadian and U.S. fisheries. Some of the fisheries included in these assessments use gear with vertical lines that are known to entangle the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
