{"id":10331,"date":"2007-02-15T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/02\/15\/fish-is-fish.html"},"modified":"2007-02-15T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T19:36:18","slug":"fish_is_fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/15\/fish_is_fish.html","title":{"rendered":"Fish is fish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another reason not to order seafood<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — What the undercover agents ordered, over and over, was the grouper.<\/p>\n

What wound up on their plates could stifle anyone’s appetite.<\/p>\n

The alleged grouper at 17 of 24 area restaurants sampled by the investigators was actually another, less desirable species, according to a DNA analysis conducted for the state attorney general’s office and released earlier this month. Asian catfish. Emperor. Painted sweetlips. And twice, types of fish that could not be identified.<\/p>\n

[…] In this area that some consider the national capital of grouper — more than three-quarters of the U.S. catch comes from Florida’s Gulf and a grouper sandwich downed at a waterside bar is cherished as an authentically Floridian repast — the finding has amplified a local outrage that, experts say, points to a larger national problem of fish fakery.<\/p>\n

[…] In August, the St. Petersburg Times reported that at six of 11 area restaurants sampled, the “grouper” was actually something else, according to DNA tests. One restaurant was charging $23 for “champagne braised black grouper” but was instead serving tilapia.<\/p>\n

A television station in Fort Myers and the Daytona Beach News-Journal followed with similar findings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Consumers are blaming the restaurants — restaurants are blaming the suppliers — suppliers are blaming domestic catch limitations and their import partners.<\/p>\n


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