date:Feb 11, 2019
d to label fish instead of scientific species names that are leading to mislabelling.
In both Canada and the US, fish are labelled using a common name rather than a specific scientific name.
For example, a variety of species may be sold as tuna, although different species can significantly vary in price.
It creates ambiguity and opens the door for fraud or honest mistakes, he said. It also makes it more difficult to track species at risk or indicate if a fish is a species that has higher merc