MAINE PUBLIC • April 26, 2021
Maine's lobster industry is keeping a wary eye on a consumer boycott launched in the state of Georgia. Conservation groups there charge that New England's lobster gear and trap-rope risk entangling and killing endangered right whales, and they say seafood lovers should choose other options. The right whale has been Georgia's official "state marine mammal" since 1985. "I hope consumers are smarter than falling for these false campaigns," says Patrice McCarron, the Maine Lobstermen's Association executive director.