Whole Foods to Stop Buying Maine Lobster Amid Risk to Endangered Whales

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.

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