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Threatened species and chips? Other fish frequently sold as flake, Australian study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
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Nine of 91 fillets were found to be either scalloped hammerhead, greeneye spurdog or school shark – all considered threatened in Australia – after scientists at Macquarie University used DNA analysis to check what they were sold.
Teagan Parker Kielniacz, who led the research while at Macquarie University, said: “I asked [the retailer] if they knew what species of shark it was or if it was locally caught.
“The study suggests greeneye spurdog is being caught in NSW and shipped to Victoria or, even worse, illegal fishing is happening in Australia.”
AMCS and Humane Society International have released a report listing a range of changes to fishing rules they say would better protect Australia’s native sharks.
A spokesperson for the fisheries minister, Murray Watt, said it was “always concerning when Australian consumers think they’re buying flake but instead are unwittingly eating an endangered species.”
The government is also close to finalising work “on the election commitment to consider a framework to prevent imports of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishery products”.
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