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Kingswood · 02-27-2007, 05:30 PM

I am most concerned at the deceptive labelling of fish, whether it is making up new names or passing one species of fish off as another.

To end the deception about fish names, I suggest that scientific names of all fish varieties be used in trade. So it doesn't matter if one calls a particular fish as a slimehead or an orange roughy. However, if it is labelled as Hoplostethus atlanticus in commerce and trade, it makes it more difficult to make up new names to disguise an illegal catch.

It would be useful to have random spot checks of catch to ensure that the fish being traded as a particular species is really that species. Genetic testing of samples can ensure that the fish is really what it is claimed to be.

02-27-2007, 05:30 PM	#9
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	I am most concerned at the deceptive labelling of fish, whether it is making up new names or passing one species of fish off as another. To end the deception about fish names, I suggest that scientific names of all fish varieties be used in trade. So it doesn't matter if one calls a particular fish as a slimehead or an orange roughy. However, if it is labelled as Hoplostethus atlanticus in commerce and trade, it makes it more difficult to make up new names to disguise an illegal catch. It would be useful to have random spot checks of catch to ensure that the fish being traded as a particular species is really that species. Genetic testing of samples can ensure that the fish is really what it is claimed to be.