Whole Foods Bows to Ecoterrorists, Stops Selling Maine Lobster

Fury as woke Whole Foods pulls Maine lobster from its shelves because the industry threatens right whales with fishing gear – sparking fears hundreds of historic jobs could be lost

• Whole Foods will stop selling lobsters from the Gulf of Maine in an effort to protect endangered whales
• The decision comes after a Maine judge ruled that lobster fishing agencies will have to abide by a new set of rules to protect the whales by 2024 
• Whale advocates have shared their concerns about the risks behind fishing gear and said that entanglement is a massive threat to the mammals 
• Some officials in Maine were disappointed in the decision and said that there has ‘never’ been a whale death as a result of lobster gear in the state 

Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster.

Whole Foods recently said that it will stop selling lobster from the Gulf of Maine at hundreds of its stores around the country.

The ‘woke’ company cited decisions by a pair of sustainability organizations to take away their endorsements of the U.S. lobster fishing industry.

The organizations, Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch, both cited concerns about risks to rare North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear. Entanglement in gear is one of the biggest threats to the whales.

The decision by Whole Foods was an ‘important action to protect the highly endangered’ whale, said Virginia Carter, an associate with the Save America’s Wildlife Campaign at Environment America Research and Policy Center.

‘With fewer than 340 North Atlantic right whales in existence, the species is swimming toward extinction unless things turn around,’ Carter said.

Job losses among fishermen in Maine may now increase – especially after a judge ruled that new lobster fishing restrictions will be set by 2024.