Red Lobster, Chicken of the Sea Publicly Pressure Honduran government over Spiny Lobster Dive Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - March 3, 2015
Red Lobster, Chicken of the Sea, Harbor Seafood, Netuno USA and Interamerican Trading Product have written a letter to say the companies as a group they will no longer buy Honduran spiny lobsters harvested by scuba divers. At the same time Honduran government has issued a four-month ban on spiny lobster fishing in the Carribbean Sea.
Red Lobster has had a policy of not purchasing scuba dive caught spiny lobsters for years. However, despite promises, and USAID supported sustainability improvement projects, the government has never quite pulled the trigger and enacted a permanent ban. This is the motivation behind the companies issuing a public letter to Honduras' Ministry of Agriculture...
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