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A massive amount of seafood in the US is intentionally mislabeled, which leads to a lot of problems because tilapia, for example, causes upset stomachs for a lo

A massive amount of seafood in the US is intentionally mislabeled, which leads to a lot of problems because tilapia, for example, causes upset stomachs for a lot of people.

JoeAltmaier 5y ago
Not sure how that works. 'Tilapia' isn't a fish. Its 'any whitefish'
- phonypc 5y ago
  Tilapia certainly does not refer to any whitefish. If tilapia is not "a fish" then neither are salmon or tuna or probably a dozen other common names.
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  - JoeAltmaier 5y ago
    Tilapia certainly does refer to (almost) any whitefish. Over 100 different fish are called 'tilapia'. Because their flesh is white, and they cannot pass as a more valuable fish. For comparison, there are 8 species of salmon. We eat maybe two of them.
    - Turing_Machine 5y ago
      > Over 100 different fish are called 'tilapia' All of which are cichlids. That's a long way away from "any whitefish". "Whitefish" most commonly refers to cod and pollock, not tilapia. And we eat every species of salmon, not just two.
    - phonypc 5y ago
      Most of those 100 fish are not eaten at any great scale. If you ask someone for examples of whitefish, you're going to get answers like cod, haddock, pollock etc. None of which are tilapia. Tilapia arguably isn't even an example of whitefish.
- fsckboy 5y ago
  whitefish in the US seafood market traditionally refers to cod, haddock, pollack and similar species, even including sole, flounder and halibut. tilapia are cichlids, and are not part of the old definition; not sure if the definition has changed
HWR_14 5y ago
A lot of seafood is mislabled because it's hard to identify. Especially given that there might be a few random fish in a catch that is predominantly X. Meanwhile, tilapia is farmed. Hence misidentification there would be intentional.
- LegitShady 5y ago
  tilapia actually refers to a large group of fish from the cichlids group.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    That is interesting. It does still seem like most tilapia is farmed.

A massive amount of seafood in the US is intentionally mislabeled, which leads to a lot of problems because tilapia, for example, causes upset stomachs for a lot of people.

JoeAltmaier 5y ago

Not sure how that works. 'Tilapia' isn't a fish. Its 'any whitefish'

phonypc 5y ago
Tilapia certainly does not refer to any whitefish. If tilapia is not "a fish" then neither are salmon or tuna or probably a dozen other common names.
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- JoeAltmaier 5y ago
  Tilapia certainly does refer to (almost) any whitefish. Over 100 different fish are called 'tilapia'. Because their flesh is white, and they cannot pass as a more valuable fish. For comparison, there are 8 species of salmon. We eat maybe two of them.
  - Turing_Machine 5y ago
    > Over 100 different fish are called 'tilapia' All of which are cichlids. That's a long way away from "any whitefish". "Whitefish" most commonly refers to cod and pollock, not tilapia. And we eat every species of salmon, not just two.
  - phonypc 5y ago
    Most of those 100 fish are not eaten at any great scale. If you ask someone for examples of whitefish, you're going to get answers like cod, haddock, pollock etc. None of which are tilapia. Tilapia arguably isn't even an example of whitefish.
fsckboy 5y ago
whitefish in the US seafood market traditionally refers to cod, haddock, pollack and similar species, even including sole, flounder and halibut. tilapia are cichlids, and are not part of the old definition; not sure if the definition has changed

HWR_14 5y ago

A lot of seafood is mislabled because it's hard to identify. Especially given that there might be a few random fish in a catch that is predominantly X. Meanwhile, tilapia is farmed. Hence misidentification there would be intentional.

LegitShady 5y ago
tilapia actually refers to a large group of fish from the cichlids group.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  That is interesting. It does still seem like most tilapia is farmed.