LOHAS Montreal, Canada, reported on September 9; Dear Chinese Canadian foodies, today I want to share with you a somewhat "heart-piercing" news:
One of our favorite foods, "lobster", may not be able to eat.
Yes, according to City News, due to the assessment of environmental protection groups, lobster fishing in the United States and Canada may pose a threat to a rare whale, resulting in North American lobster on the Red List, and some restaurants have begun to remove related menus!
According to media reports, Seafood Watch, an environmental group that protects sustainable fishing of seafood, said in a post this week that they have listed lobsters from the United States and Canada on the Red List, which means that such species should be avoided as much as possible.
Why?
In the report, U.S. and Canadian fishermen set up a vertical net device in the ocean for lobsters, which poses a great threat of accidental injury to rare North Atlantic Right Whales and may even lead to death.
Seafood Watch pointed out that the current lobster fishing management system in the United States and Canada is not enough to mitigate the risk of accidental injury to whales, so lobsters need to be included in the warning list for species protection reasons.
For years, Seafood Watch has been rating more than 2,000 species of seafood that people eat on a daily basis, in three grades:
Best choice, good, and avoidance of redlists.
Many companies have made a commitment to avoid using seafood products on the red list in the process of operations to maintain the balance of marine ecology.
It is precisely for this reason that this time the Canadian and American lobsters are on the list, and many well-known restaurants have announced that they will stop selling food made from North American lobster.
However, we also know that lobster fishing has always been a major economic industry in Canada, and the impact of restricting fishing involves many aspects and cannot be generalized.
However, for Lohas Jun personally, although it is regrettable that there is no one less delicacy, it is more important to protect rare whales. Thinking like this, I also feel that my "sacrifice" is worth it...