PORTLAND – The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has a message for consumers: It's OK to eat New England seafood.
This week, the nonprofit marine research group announced that it has partnered with the fishing industry and retailers to promote sales of four species that are sustainably harvested from the Gulf of Maine.
In March, the effort will become visible to shoppers at Hannaford Supermarkets, where cod, haddock, lobster and northern shrimp will be labeled with seals reading "Gulf of Maine Responsibly Harvested."
Jen Levin, manager of the institute's sustainable seafood program, said the seals will identify products caught in the Gulf of Maine, which stretches from Cape Cod to the southern tip of Nova Scotia.
She said the program's larger goals are to distinguish Gulf of Maine seafood from competing products, support the industry and teach consumers that some fish stocks in the gulf are plentiful.
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