Fish Detective Busts Restaurant Switcharoos

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:14 PM EDT

Article Source: npr.org

business, food, dna, genetics, fish, restaurants, cheating, foodies

It has come to this: you'll probably have to run a genetic test on the seafood special to make sure the fish you ordered is the fish you got.

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Simplistic Reality

I've always wondered if this kind of thing went on. That's low and frankly I think that's fraud. Restaurants that get caught lying and cheating should get fined.. or shut down. Period. If your going to run a business... run an honest one.

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#1 - Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:13 PM EDT

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lauhal

I know that they've been switching grouper in Florida for years. I agree that there should be fines for being dishonest...and for serving endangered fish.

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3 votes

#1.1 - Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:21 PM EDT

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Betsy 1056

This kind of thing is common in the midwest as well with "Perch" and "Walleye" being some other ocean fish purposely mislabeled to imply Lake Perch and local walleye. I was shocked that 1 out of 15 red snapper samples were some other fish. Wow.

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2 votes

#1.2 - Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:03 PM EDT

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RON-1137649

First thanks Lauhal's for your column
I've been trying to bring awareness to the public about the shortage of fish in our ocean's
around the world
The problem of endangered fish and all salt water is only going to get worse.
I've been reading everything I can.To see if anyone is trying to find an answer to this problem
I've got very little knowledge in this area.I feel like a child with a big idea ,not knowing whom to talk to
My idea is ,we must reseed our ocean's We can't depend on nature to replenish it self
If we destroy something we must rebuild it .Just like a burnout building We've only got the foundation left We better move fast or the foundation will be gone
There are 6.7 billion people and counting on this earth They all need feeding
So if anyone knows how a salt water fish farm might be built tell me I've some ideas of my own But there just ideas floating around in my head This should have been in the works 40 years ago

RON

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1 vote

#2 - Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:07 PM EDT

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lauhal

Hey Ron - Thanks for reading. I'll definitely read your column!

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#3 - Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:49 PM EDT

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Nan-813417

I've heard of this before, probably goes on all the time. Not that it's ethical.

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2 votes

#4 - Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:46 PM EDT

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