Among the samples they tested, seafood was more frequently mislabeled in restaurants and at smaller markets than in larger grocery chains. Favorites like sea bass and snapper had some of the highest rates of mislabeling. Often, instead of sea bass, they'd get giant perch or Nile tilapia , fish that should be less expensive and is considered lower quality. Chilean sea bass , for instance, is actually Patagonian toothfish or Antarctic toothfish -- not sea bass. He wishes Oceana would have investigated further to find the source of the mislabeled fish, and he doesn't think the industry needs more regulation.

Source: CNN March 07, 2019 09:00 UTC