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Seafood Fraud Found in Boston |
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Talk about identity theft. A conservancy group says its tests found that one in five seafood samples from Boston supermarkets were mislabeled.
“We went looking for seafood fraud in Boston and we found it,” said Gib Brogan, Northeast representative for Oceana, an advocacy and conservation organization. “The results are troubling. Consumers are frequently getting something other than what they paid for. Seafood mislabeling is ripping off consumers, while potentially endangering their health and harming our oceans.” Read the complete story from Consumer Affairs.
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JESSICA HATHAWAY: 'National Fisherman' editor says New York Times misrepresented catch share support
May 18, 2012 - The New York Times heralds catch shares for saving summer flounder and Northeast haddock, which is like crediting a freshman class for the seniors' high college placement rate. By the same token, we could blame catch shares for the demise of Northeast cod stocks. But we don't.
