Fisheries: mislabelling of a depleted reef fish
- PMID: 15254528
- DOI: 10.1038/430309b
Fisheries: mislabelling of a depleted reef fish
Abstract
Any fish species that appears to be readily available in the marketplace will create an impression among the public that there is a plentiful supply of that fish in the sea, but this may belie the true state of the fisheries' stock. Here we use molecular genetic analysis to show that some three-quarters of the fish sold in the United States as 'red snapper'--the US Food and Drug Administration's legally designated common name for Lutjanus campechanus--belong to another species. Mislabelling to this extent not only defrauds consumers but could also adversely affect estimates of stock size if it influences the reporting of catch data that are used in fisheries management.
Similar articles
-
Biomass, size, and trophic status of top predators in the Pacific Ocean.Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1773-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1135347. Science. 2006. PMID: 17170304
-
Rapid increase in fish numbers follows creation of world's largest marine reserve network.Curr Biol. 2008 Jun 24;18(12):R514-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.016. Curr Biol. 2008. PMID: 18579091
-
Lag effects in the impacts of mass coral bleaching on coral reef fish, fisheries, and ecosystems.Conserv Biol. 2007 Oct;21(5):1291-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00754.x. Conserv Biol. 2007. PMID: 17883494
-
Integrating genetic and parasitological approaches in the frame of multidisciplinary fish stock analysis.Parassitologia. 2007 Sep;49(3):119-23. Parassitologia. 2007. PMID: 18410069 Review.
-
Coral reefs: threats and conservation in an era of global change.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Apr;1162:136-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04493.x. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009. PMID: 19432648 Review.
Cited by
-
A high proportion of red snapper sold in North Carolina is mislabeled.PeerJ. 2020 Jun 25;8:e9218. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9218. eCollection 2020. PeerJ. 2020. PMID: 32617188 Free PMC article.
-
Occurrence of Mislabelling in Prepared Fishery Products in Southern Italy.Ital J Food Saf. 2015 Sep 30;4(3):5358. doi: 10.4081/ijfs.2015.5358. eCollection 2015 Jun 30. Ital J Food Saf. 2015. PMID: 27800410 Free PMC article.
-
Exploring hidden diversity in Southeast Asia's Dermogenys spp. (Beloniformes: Zenarchopteridae) through DNA barcoding.Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 17;8(1):10787. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29049-7. Sci Rep. 2018. PMID: 30018357 Free PMC article.
-
Identifying Fishes through DNA Barcodes and Microarrays.PLoS One. 2010 Sep 7;5(9):e12620. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012620. PLoS One. 2010. PMID: 20838643 Free PMC article.
-
DNA microarrays for identifying fishes.Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2008 Mar-Apr;10(2):207-17. doi: 10.1007/s10126-007-9068-3. Epub 2008 Feb 13. Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2008. PMID: 18270778 Free PMC article.
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Medical