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A third of the seafood sold nationwide and almost 40 percent of the fish purchased by consumers in Northern California was not what it was touted to be, a study released Thursday by the nonprofit group Oceana revealed.
Genetic testing of 1,215 fish taken from 674 retail outlets, grocery stores and sushi bars throughout the United States between 2010 and 2012 found that 33 percent of the samples had been mislabeled, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines.
Researchers with Oceana, a group dedicated to preserving the ocean ecosystem, reported finding seafood mislabeling in all 21 states where they tested, including retail outlets in San Francisco, Monterey, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland.
In Northern California, 38 percent of the fish tested was something other than advertised. Fish labeled snapper turned out to be rockfish 34 times at sites in the Bay Area, Monterey and other sites in Northern California, according to the watchdog group, which did not reveal the locations of the specific venues where seafood fraud was found.
http://www.sfgate.com/science/articl...946.php#page-1
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the easist way to combat fish fraud is to shop at Chinese stores. They will kill the fish in front of your so you know exactly what you are buying.
in Chinese restaurant, unless specified, they include the head.