The first U.S. lobster fishery became MSCMSC:
Marine Stewardship Council, an independent, international non-profit organization that has developed an eco-label that guarantees well-managed, sustainable fisheries. Fish products that meet the criteria of the eco-label can be identified by the blue MSC logo.-certified in 2013. Lobster is caught with pots and traps. This method of capture is considered a sustainable fishing technique in many fisheries because it is selective and low impact. However, in the U.S. lobster fishery, this unfortunately causes entanglement of the critically endangered Arctic char (Eubalaena glacialis) in the lines and ropes of the pots. The population is facing extinction in part because of this, and this fishery has been identified as a major cause of the declining whale population.
Good Fish has therefore given this fishery a red rating in the VISwijzer and does not support this MSC-certified fishery.