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eat wild caught fish But how does the consumer know the true origin of a product? "Wild-caught" claims are only as reliable as the least honest entity in the
by DrScump 9y ago
eat wild caught fish
But how does the consumer know the true origin of a product?
"Wild-caught" claims are only as reliable as the least honest entity in the supply chain.
- jdavis703 9y agoPerhaps because they caught it themselves? If I had the time and land I’d go fishing and hunting. But since I don’t I just restrict myself to a vegetarian diet.
- arve0 9y agoYou may know by eating fish that are not possible to farm, like cod. Edit: Apparently, cod may be farmed (1), though I think the idea still stands. 1: https://thefishsite.com/articles/cultured-aquatic-species-atlantic-cod https://thefishsite.com/articles/cultured-aquatic-species-at...
- belorn 9y agoAnything written on the product is liable to supply chain fraud. How do a customer know that the virgin olive oil is not mixed with lard? No food is safe from product fraud. Has fish a higher risk compared to other products? To my knowledge the food product with highest fraud rate is oil. After that things like honey, and further down we have beef. I have never heard of report in regard to fish, but feel free to point me to such reports.
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoThat's what a government is supposed to be doing: laws, regulations, and the ability to enforce them.
- greglindahl 9y agoYeah, and if you look at newspaper articles about wild fish actually being farmed, the government seems to be doing a terrible job about that in particular.
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoI live in Seattle, and couldn't agree more! I think it's reprehensible that there hasn't been more done by our current Congress, the Executive branch, and the Washington state legislature to prevent such disastrous accidents as the recent release of Atlantic salmon around Puget Sound. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/puget-sound-fish-farmers-say-banning-atlantic-salmon-operations-would-be-unfair/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/puget-sou... I'm glad to see that parts of the government, specifically one of our US Senators, Maria Cantwell, and some folks in Washington state's legislature, like Kevin Ranker from Orcas Island, are doing the right thing on this issue. Cantwell, being in the minority party in the Senate, can't do much more than angrily issue press releases, and Ranker, being in the majority party in the Washington state Senate, is doing as much as he can—i.e. introduce legislation. https://www.facebook.com/senatorcantwell/posts/1994659154144311 https://www.facebook.com/senatorcantwell/posts/1994659154144... https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/puget-sound-fish-farmers-say-banning-atlantic-salmon-operations-would-be-unfair/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/puget-sou...
- DrScump 9y agoBut there can be multiple governments involved.
- Broken_Hippo 9y agoSo? The responsibility is on the government where the product is being sold. If they can't verify the origins, they can disallow that sell. I don't see the issue here other than it makes it complicated... which it would be anyway.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoThis is why I only by olive oil from Australia or New Zealand. It's local to me, and organised crime has less of a hand in it as far as I'm aware.