Standing on the deck of his rusted steel trawler, Naz Sanfilippo fumed about the latest bad news for New England fishermen: a decision by Whole Foods to stop selling any seafood it does not consider sustainable.Starting Sunday, gray sole and skate, common catches in the region, will no longer appear in the grocery chain's artfully arranged fish cases. Atlantic cod, a New England staple, will be sold only if it is not caught by trawlers, which drag nets across the ocean floor, a much-used method here.
"It's totally maddening," Mr. Sanfilippo said. They're just doing it to make all the green people happy."
No, Mr. Sanfilippo, they're doing it so that our kids have fish to eat when they grow up...that's why they're doing it.
Good for Whole Foods!
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