Before you buy that package of fish or order the seafood dish from a restaurant, you might want to take a closer look. What you pick might not be what you’re actually getting.
Seafood fraud can be widespread. Studies conducted in the United States have estimated anywhere between 16 to 75 percent of seafood sold in the country is mislabeled. Some common examples of fraud include swapping out more expensive fish for lower value substitutes, mislabeling the origin of the seafood, or misrepresenting weight and charging consumers more for less product, according to NOAA Fisheries.
