April 7, 2026 — The U.S. government is soliciting recommendations from the seafood and fishing sectors on what name Sebastes – a group of species collectively referred to as rockfish – should be marketed under moving forward.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published a request for information in the Federal Register “to help make an evidence-based determination that balances food safety, regulatory clarity, and industry interest regarding a potential update to the acceptable market name” for more than a dozen Sebastes species.