“Scientists have pointed out they’re being scapegoated for the decrease in the oyster population, which in actuality are due to over-fishing for human consumption, pollution and disease,” according to Finelli.

Animal-rights groups such as SHARK and Fish Feel have been keeping the issue alive on social media.

“All the nutrition we get from fish and animals, we can easily get from plants,” said Mary Finelli of Fish Feel, a nonprofit based in Maryland.

Fish Feel's Mary Finelli is quoted in this Outside magazine article.

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