Fisheries committee  There are multiple reasons. Let's start with health. Of the hundreds of mislabelled samples that we found, 60% had health issues.

Fisheries committee  They had potential health impacts. For example, the type of species substituted had higher risk of certain environmental contaminants. We came to the number by cross-referencing the CFIA's fish list, which lists all of the potential health impacts of certain species. We cross-r

Fisheries committee  Exactly. Also, seafood is a high allergen risk category. You don't want to be served a fish that you're allergic to. That's obviously a huge issue. Then there's the impact on our oceans, because 30% of the mislabelled samples are vulnerable or threatened species, and as my col

Fisheries committee  They're laundering illegally caught fish. A minimum of 20% of the global fishing catch is associated with illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Imagine how many thousands and thousands of tonnes of fish that is. All of that needs to be laundered into supply chains, and i

Fisheries committee  I'm here in a support role.

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Of the nearly 400 samples collected from restaurants and grocery stores, and a small number from markets, 44% were mislabelled. A common one was snapper, or “red snapper” on the label, but it was actually tilapia. We collected 44 samples of snapper, with 12 of red snapper