Impacts Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash Whole Foods to stop buying Maine lobster amid risk to endangered species Maine’s political leaders criticized the decision, which was based on assessments by two conservation groups that have raised concerns that North Atlantic right whales have become entangled in the ropes used to fish for lobster.
Impacts thehill.com Ocean heat waves causing record number of whale entanglements Entanglements of humpback whales in fishing gear spiked during the 2014-2016 marine heat wave known as “the Blob.”
