I'm Indonesian, and I remember how the government srarted a crackdown on illegal fishing ships on our waters. The Government blew up so many fishing ships, many of the ships were either from China or Vietnam. After that more fishes started to go into our local markets. I remember the price became much more affortable and supply increased. I don't think the government still doing the blow ups nowadays, however we really need to step up even more against these illegal fishing industries and for more sustainable options too.
It “can” be mislabelled at times especially if the value chain has a lot of participants. I’m South African & let’s just say I run a supermarket. A fish caught in Canadian waters is sold to a wholesaler on Canadian mainland and packaged for wholesale distribution in Africa. That’s flown down and sold to manufacturers and processors in South Africa, they then pass it down to different companies that package it and label it for different supermarkets that have ordered the fish in its true form or different derivatives/variations of the fish. By the time it gets to any supermarket there’s well over 5 companies that have participated and probably 2-3 companies that have packaged it on its way in whatever form it’s actually in. Only one of these has to be corrupt and the whole operation is screwed. In places where the supply is limited it’s worse because you don’t have other options to source or other examples to compare quality and price.
The label they showed saying 'Wild raised Salmon' or 'Salmon raised in the wild' has the same energy as clothing belts labeled 'Genuine Leather' that put most real leather belt makers like me out of business over paying $5 to $10 dollars less for a garbage product that is the cheapest and thinnest leather on each side from a questionable source with pressed cardboard, or things worse for the inviroment in the middle, and polyurethane or PVC finishing the sides. If you pay a little bit more you don't see the shiny smooth sides instead you see the belts stitched together all the way down the length on each side of the belt with a seem in the middle. Then people wonder whether belts or even purses that this is done with don't keep their shape for more than a few months to a year and men wear belts out sometimes within 4 weeks to 3 months on average. They are bad for the environment and not sustainable because they constantly have to be replaced and often use products that are bad for the environment and come from crude oil byproducts. I make belts from the hides of cow's that go to slaughter for meat anyways and will last you 10 to 20 years or more, at least 5 years if you wear it and a tool belt nearly every day in all weather with no care for it beyond hanging it up to dry when you get a chance.
In Germany we got a similar thing with milk. To experience options are "Heumilch" meaning hay milk and than there is "Weidemilch" meaning pasture milk. While Heumilch means that the cows are out on the meadow if possible by temperature and weather and have to eat hay when they can't go out. Weidemilch on the other hand pretends to be Heumilch and just sounds nice, but has no regulations. Could be 24/7 in the stall without even a window or fresh air and only eat grain an soy. Possibly even GMO grain and soy. I mean likely.
When I lived in Louisiana in the 1990's I was shocked to find out that the crawfish I had been eating everywhere was actually Chinese imported crawfish. Local Louisiana crawfish is immediately sold to France at a much higher price. To this day most Louisiana residents have no idea they are eating Chinese crawfish.
You right about most but My ex Uncles from St. James that’s all they’ve ever done. They sell it expensive but you buy it at the dock. You can watch them come in. Most of the. Crawfish labeled Louisiana sourced is a lie, they just have to have 1% of anything, like the liquid in it and it from Louisiana..
I’m a long time Florida Keys resident who has caught and eaten a fair share of Mahi. Last time I drove down to Key West a new place opened that I tried. They were serving a blackened “mahi” but it was certainly tilapia. When I complained after one bite the waitress talked to the kitchen who came back saying it was mahi. I still sent it back, so they had to call the owner who wanted a picture of the dish (I only took one bite) and they gave me a refund on the dish. I paid for my beer and left. Lesson for these cons, it works on tourists but locals know the difference.
Not if we grew up on a coast and KNOW the taste the texture ! I do get upset with all lies and deceit and work to inform! Rest/hosp ind over 40 yrs-I KNOW my food! 🙏🏻🤨😎
@@PhilipPetrunak did you miss the part where these fraudulent assholes are selling fish filled with mercury to us and charging us for an entirely different fish? I agree with this chef, if someone is going to lie and poison you they can get the guillotine.
I completely agree, but I also have a gripe from the other side. If you bought a pound of some bs fish for 20 bucks and were told it was bluefin tuna, then you went home and cooked it up and liked it. Were you scammed, or just exposed?
Cost of a few select fish from a restaurant I worked at for a while.. Be suspicious if you find these items on menus for significantly cheaper. Mahi Mahi (mostly Florida caught) $35-40 Redfish (Texas) $30-35 Jumbo Sea Scallops (New England) $35-45 (per 4) Sole (Rhode Island) $32-36 Crab Cake (Maryland) $32-36 Ruby Red Trout (Colorado) $30-34 Big Eye Tuna (Hawaii) $38-42 Halibut (Alaska) $40-45 Swordfish (Hudson Canyon) $35-40 Salmon (Farroe Islands) $30-34
I’ll never forget my husband and I went to a restaurant and they brought out a fish dish that wasn’t what they said it was on the menu . It was just a case of “he said/they said” I was hungry and urging my husband to just eat it which he did. He is a fisherman and knows his fish. We never went back there. The more I think about it the madder I get. They weren’t backing down at all just flat out trying to tell my husband he didn’t know what he was talking about- he was certain and I am too 😤😡
I was head chef at a fancy seafood restaurant. I currently work at a seafood restaurant that's not fancy. I'm also a fisherman. I'm the only one who's worked at both companies who know what the real deal is. I'm the only fisherman. I don't trust anything from the company I work for. The wild caught salmon definitely isn't. I know my fish. I've been fishing for 41 years.
Did you leave a review at least? I was at my local bike shop 2 weeks ago. I just moved here so the place was new to me. I go in there and ask some questions when i see a guy take my bike, walk out with it and attempt to walk around the corner with it. I shoved him in the back and asked him just what he thought he was doign with my 4000 pound carbon bike. Turns out it was the mechanic. But he did not inform tha the was gonna move my bike aand also was going to move it into a position where it could very easily be stolen as it was totally out of sight. He mouthed off at me claimin gi was aggressive ect. HE totally handled this the wrong way. I left a bad reciew on trip advisor that is now getting read as i am notified that people are reading it.
I think the optics is more in a sense of barriers of entry for fishers all around to go there. That way forces the market to only have a few fisherman, in order to make any profit.
That's on the very low end for a salmon fishing permit too. In some parts of Alaska, Salmon Fishing Licences can range from between $15,000, all the way up to $180,000, depending on where exactly you want to fish, and how (trolling, line fishing, etc). I think it's because only a certain amount of people are allowed to fish in a certain area, and some areas are much more plentiful than others, so it drives the prices up or down, depending on the season and how it has been performing.
Alaska is still harvesting to much salmon! They take so much that the native peoples in the Yukon have not been taking their subsistence fishing rights for years. The gov of the Yukon has massive conservation programs running to try to keep stocks from completely crashing.
"Blue crabs are, hands down, the meanest thing in the ocean. Those things are full of spite and aggression." Well that explains why Old Bay is made with Anger and Salt
“Raised in the wild” is technically a correct term for farm raised salmon from ocean pens. Until recently every fish was either “wild caught” or “farm raised”. Any term besides those two is immediately suspicious but not necessary fraudulent
In most cases the fines are part of doing business as they will make more money. No slap on the wrist will ever deter anybody. Corporate polluters are known for getting slapped on the wrist. It is only when private prosecutions happen that they get scared
you do realize how large the sea is right? Not to mention that jurisdiction gets blurry due to international waters (and who wants to foot the bill for patrolling it)
All they did was mention human trafficking but gave no evidence that anyone was forced into labour, it seemed more like a comment to unprofessionally add dramatic effect.
Fishing for shrimp with the wrong nets and then throwing byproduct dead fish back in the ocean which constitute 98% of the catch, was the most devastating for me. Can there be no use for the fish that you have already killed anyway?
It is not as bad as it seems. Dead or alive everything goes back into the echosystem. So even tho it is horrible for the individuell animal for the Environment its ist absolutly sustainable
I trained as a chef many years ago, and Australian barramundi was a menu item. We were actually using frozen Nile Perch from Africa(a close relative of Barramundi) and it was significantly cheaper for the restaurant to use.
I like barramundi. Living in Texas, I,m lucky because we have the Gulf of Mexico and can go to HEB Grocery store and buy Gulf shrimp and fish which are the real deal.
The color of farm-raised salmon is not a good indicator anymore as farmers have been shown to add color enhancing food for their fish so that their flesh would be as vibrant as the wild caught ones.
@@empiricalfishing1187 lol salmon feed is 70% vegetable matter and 30% fishmeal and fish oil hundreds of pens where we live and not one person here would ever eat one too many growth hormones and antibiotics in every pen without exception
The problem is you ende up jailing people who were coerced to this type of activity, not the actual overlord who runs a fleet of theses boats safely at home.
19:08 basically don't order something that's indistinguishable. If you want to enjoy lobster or any other expensive food, try to enjoy it in its least processed form
@@reklessbravo2129 well, that's because it's been heavily processed. If it's indistinguishable in its unprocessed form, then probably shouldn't either (unless there are health reasons)
I stopped eating seafood from restaurants years ago. The only time i eat seafood is when we go to Florida on vacation. We stop by the local fish market that runs their own boats. We select the catch of the day and cook it ourselves at home. I don't even trust the restaurants on the coast. That $25 fried "grouper" sandwich is is not grouper.
Shoutout to Chef Clark for holding it down. If you can't afford it then don't eat it. No reason to be upset that rare ingredients are pricy. The food industry already has low margins, especially if you are being honest. Consumers don't understand that at a good restaurant, dishes only cost a lot because they have to.
Watched an "expose" video about places selling crab and lobster rolls using imitation meat. I'm no rocket surgeon, but if I am paying $10 for a crab or lobster roll, I'm not expecting it to have $15-$30 worth of real crab or lobster meat. Yet, people are still shocked and pissed off over it.
When I was a kid, they used to fake scallops by stamping them out of Shark. You figured it out because everyone was the same size and thickness. This has been going on forever.
@@tanikokishimoto1604 ah, that might depend on where you are. We don't have skate here, and the inexpensive scallops were definitely not scallops, so most likely shark
Italy is getting overrun with blue crabs. They need to take advantage of this and Market worldwide. Blue crab is the sweetest and most delicious crab. No butter needed.
Wife is a chef and I can’t get enough of this real data! Love love love this channel. May you forever be protected and may you continue to share this knowledge with the world.
You would be surprised. I've had imitation crab served to me in dishes claiming to be real crab at least 3 times that I can remember. They all happened in tropical tourist spots so they probably get away with it a lot.
In Canada- there is no wild atlantic salmon for sale- if its atlantic- its farmed. Sockeye and pinks are readily avialable, coho slightly less, wild spring salmon isnt generally available due to scarcity and the size of the fish (too large to be sold as steaks or fillets).
I buy from a small seafood market called the Fish Peddler East in Fort Lauderdale about once per week and their stuff is real. The prices they charge are way more than Publix, which sells garbage fish that are OLD. DON'T buy grocery store fish! It is crap that is generally old and if you take it out of the package it will stink of fish. The food that I buy from Fish Peddler East NEVER smells of fish! There are a lot of people that will RIP YOU RIGHT OFF in the fish sale industry!
@@brian5001 even if the entirety of the US quit eating seafood, china would still continue to deplete our waters. nothing you do in your life will change that
I'm Japanese, and I could tell that there is some arbitrary translation here: 5:46 it should be "So, if the tuna keeps being caught in a high pace in the near few years, the population will decrease as expected. " Language barrier well utilized, good job
Grew up a son of a highliner salmon fisher out of port Orford saw the farmed salmon from Chile and BC replace the wild fish. Then it was death by a million cuts that has almost eradicated the chinook salmon. As the demand was replaced the need to solve the problems had no priority. Just now taking down dams in Klamath. Small sustainable, highest quality American product we have is our seafood we need to support all small scale farms and fishers!! If in Maui best fisher in laihina uncle crusty die hard charters
Thank you, I watched this whole show. My heart breaks for all these dead fish that were illegally caught. The ruthless death many endured, the blowing up of ships in the ocean 🫣😭😭😭😭😭😭 can’t we do better there?? The fake caviar grossed me out. Everyone should watch this, The Cove and Earthlings ❤❤❤❤
I started as a sushi chef 20 years ago and some Mainstream sushi restaurants are the worst. Here’s a list of fish from the sushi bar that are mis labeled to market: Escolar- “Super White Tuna” (not tuna) Tilapia- “Red Snapper”
@@locustrider4525 most of your spicy tuna rolls are fake tuna pre with co2 you guys cant etll a difference dou we mix everything and it tastes the same unless you work with fish like us. Either Way i blame rich people for living luxurious life styles.
Holy shit Business Insider! This was amazing. I am shocked, mainly because 98% of the articles you post are a complete stab at poor people and just stuff I can't imagine more than a literal handful of people on the planet would be interested. I don't know if it's good enough to forgive all the other post but it's a nice start.
@@LaurenRussellElizabeth well that's great for you. Have fun reading about what's it's like to have to live on only 800k a year and other awesome articles they show on UA-cam day and night.
@@kurtdupree1254 I guess. They just show me an article almost every day from them and it's like how this California could manages to live on only 300k a year and crazy shit like that. Lol.
This has been going on since the beginning of time. Unless you catch and clean your own fish, you're rarely gonna get whats advertised.I grew up in the Keys from the 50s -80s and we ate fish when I was young to supplement costs of food. Most fish have a different texture and you can tell BUT, it has to be a really different type of fish to be able to tell the difference. Red Snapper is probably the easiest faked because there are many different kinds of snappers. Mahi is easy to recognize if you are used to eating it, but can be sold using well-bled amberjack.
some fish like snapper and sole have many different variations, most you wouldnt be able to tell unless you saw the fish whole, but theyre all sold under a generic name for clarity and marketing. Something as small as a different color tail, spotting, can indicate a different species- but its all sold under a 'family' name.
@@L83467anything prepared well can taste great. Most pricey producs are basically overhyped things that are unnecessary for survival. Basic supply vs demand
@@gaoxiaen1 Sharks don't want to eat people like you idiots seem to want to believe. Most shark attacks happen because of people acting like prey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Hammerheads are adorable and my favorite type of sea puppy.
I worked in a lobster fishery in Nova Scotia. The non moving, dead lobster were sent to the cannery. That's not to say they aren't still good but it's best to get them live.
Yes I know exactly what you are talking about as I have bought this Product and it taste nothing like a Fresh Lobster... Never again will I buy Lobster in a Can..
I worked on a fishing boat off Long Island NY in the 60's and we were employed by NY fisheries to catch sharks when the populations got very high. When we got to the dock restaurants would take the shark meat and I asked the guys what they were used for, they told me to make fake scallops. We cut steaks and cut them with a round cutter to make them look like scallops.
@@WeAreAllOneNature I’m sorry your sister is bad - but I was talking about the people who run the fishing boats and decide to do this. I’m not sure what your sister has to do with this?
whenever you see "catfish" on the menu, 90% of the time they're NOT US raised catfish since they cost more. Asia imported swai aka catfish are much cheaper and usually are used in restaurants in the US nowadays, unfortunately.
I got some "scallops" at a grocery store in Pittsburgh (Shop N Save, I don't mind putting on blast), and they were shark, not scallops. They were ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
We were just there 2 nights ago. Since we didn’t have a reservation, we had dinner at the bar and were served by Shawn, the assistant manager who was hospitalized after trying to contain the fire. This is so heartbreaking.
Not being a food snob, like an ancient Roman; if it tastes good then I am fine with it especially when it comes to seafood. Some things are just too silly to be expensive and/or eaten like sturgeon roe. FFS it's fish eggs, and it is nasty. Anyone who says different as in "it has nice piquant notes and a sweet flavor of whatever" is just eating it because someone else said it was a delicacy (ie; boy are you somebody if you eat this shit). Some foods might be a delicacy, but that doesn't make them edible, nutritious, or worthwhile to eat. I mean, Cesium 137 is rare, and you can eat it, but it would be silly and deadly to do so, BUT think of the celebrity you would have for being able to say you have sampled this delicacy... until your flesh sloughed off, and you died in mind numbing paroxysms. DE-LISH!
That’s the same as saying uranium is tremendously sweeter than sugar so we should use uranium rather than sugar. A lot of these are priced based on benefits vs lack of risks. The average person not being able to tell simply means they haven’t had the quality one before, just the scam one. I eat salmon very regularly and I can tell you after farmed salmon for a few days I find my skin and hair gets oily fast, their fat content is wildly high and their flavour isn’t the same, wild caught fried in butter has a very distinct taste as where farmed just tastes “fishy” and there’s nasty blots of congealed fat all over the fish as the heat melts it out.
24:06 this whole section of the video made me so sad. seeing them just throw off the fish and sharks as if they’re junk. i am sure mother nature will run its course and some other animals will eat it but they did not deserve such a cruel death. just look how much fish covered the floor!
Very informative. I had no idea that they can counterfeit seafood like shown. My mom's brother was a lobsterman and I remember him bringing in boxes of live lobster for when we visited our relatives in Maine. When I think of those trips, I remember playing with the lobster on the lawn at my aunts home. Back then, they used wooden pegs to lock the claws. I can recognize real Mainers on how they consume the lobster. They eat everything! Including inside the head and inside the carapace as well as the tail, claws, and legs. My mom used to try and trick me to eat those innards by calling it "stuffing" like a freaking turkey! But she loved that stuff. LOL. We'd also get fresh clams and scallops. It was a real lobster boil.
Righteous PEOPLE STAND UP and Demand calling this mislabelling what it truly is LYING We must no longer give these businesses the benefit of the doubt. BE FAIR but be Punishing to make it destructive to their business to continue once they are caught.
I wish one particular group of legislators in our federal government were not doing everything they can to eliminate funding for federal agencies that inspect our foods and that insure regulations are being complied with as far as sourcing, labeling, cleanliness, additives, and the labor involved.
What are the best strategies to protect my portfolio?, I've heard that a downturn will devastate the financial market, so I'm concerned about my $200k stock portfolio.
Get real, only hard currencies like precious metals are worth your time. If you are not buying silver and gold, especially silver you don't deserve wealth in abundance. Siver, first, it is harder to transport but I believe in the saying that silver prices will overtake gold for one reason. You cannot pay a person for a day's work in gold, only in silver or food. And within silver there are niche markets that one should be in. Good luck and may you prosper.
It’s not water quality issues that the problem it’s over fishing let’s all be honest I live in a fishing community and there’s 200 commercial boats that go out every day. How is that sustainable? It has nothing to do with water it has to do with the amount of licenses that the states are giving out, which is ridiculous, I believe there should be moratorium on all fisheries for five years And that is for commercial licenses
@@asianangler I feel like anyone with a decent palate would tell the difference the texture and taste is completely different but I do understand it’s just hard to believe to me😂
Tilapia is just nasty. Raised in toxic conditions by unlicensed farmers and sold under "legit" companies "government- PRC". No way am I buying tilapia or any fish without skin that can be tilapia falsely labeled.
My dad loves to go fishing but is always careful about following the laws, he won't fillet the fish till we are back in our slip because if an official were to stop us we could easily show how many fish and what species we caught. It's normally a lot of Calico Bass and some California sheepshead or Red snapper. Occasionally some good sized tuna, and when my dad goes bugging and uses the approved lobster traps we get some lobsters. If dad brings home fish the first meal with it is fish tacos because nothing is better than fresh fish tacos.
well, about 60 to 70% of the planet's population doesn't have even clean water on tap. So I doubt they are going out to get fast food everyday. We are so amazingly spoiled, clean running water, a/c, wifi. Huge chunks of the world are still going every morning to fetch the days bucket of water out of the river.
It's a bit of both. Habitat destruction is a big issue for freshwater fish and things that live in brackish water (like blue crabs), but for ocean seafood overfishing is the main issue.
overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and the biggest contributor: climate change. Oysters in the south barely survived oil spills, only to be cooked to death in the heat and the polluted water. rivers getting so warm that salmon wont return to spawn and we lose generations of fish. Its far from 1 problem, its a multitude of issues- and correcting just one might not make a difference.
Agreed. Her suggestion that buying overpriced fish decreased the chance of fraud was ludicrous. You need to buy from a reputable fish monger who buys right from a local dock. A species not native to your local has an exponentially higher chance of being fake
A fish sells for the price of a compact car, another one sells for a record 3.1M and oh shocker there's illegal and over fishing occurring. As long as there is people willing (and allowed) to spend so much money for what they consider a delicacy there will always be these problems.
@@EV4LS1DE10MAN the mediterranean sea is already pretty dead. anyone who went diving, snorkeling or fishing there somewhat frequently in the last 25 years or so can tell that with certainty. besides that, you are wrongly assuming the oceans are evenly populated.
@@EV4LS1DE10MAN so? it might take us a little longer to kill most of the life in the other oceans. in total numbers, we are also fishing way more in the larger oceans so the 10x argument is pretty weak. but it sounds to me you just wanna stay ignorant tbh
Popular in the Mediterranean area: Passing of cheap asian shrimp as scampi. The revenue per dish isn't that big, but the sheer amount of supposed "Scampi" dishes served creates a gigantic volume of demand.
I'm Indonesian, and I remember how the government srarted a crackdown on illegal fishing ships on our waters. The Government blew up so many fishing ships, many of the ships were either from China or Vietnam.
After that more fishes started to go into our local markets. I remember the price became much more affortable and supply increased.
I don't think the government still doing the blow ups nowadays, however we really need to step up even more against these illegal fishing industries and for more sustainable options too.
when a minister actually did their job
I feel embarrassed as an Indonesian. Ewwhh disgusting. And this is why sometimes it's okay to hate our own ppl. Sometimes
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Philippines illegal fishermen everywhere too
Oh how I wish our government would also implement this
stop calling it "Mislabeled", lets call it for what it is, "Fraudulently Labeled"!
Exactly 💯 . I thought the same
It “can” be mislabelled at times especially if the value chain has a lot of participants. I’m South African & let’s just say I run a supermarket. A fish caught in Canadian waters is sold to a wholesaler on Canadian mainland and packaged for wholesale distribution in Africa. That’s flown down and sold to manufacturers and processors in South Africa, they then pass it down to different companies that package it and label it for different supermarkets that have ordered the fish in its true form or different derivatives/variations of the fish. By the time it gets to any supermarket there’s well over 5 companies that have participated and probably 2-3 companies that have packaged it on its way in whatever form it’s actually in. Only one of these has to be corrupt and the whole operation is screwed. In places where the supply is limited it’s worse because you don’t have other options to source or other examples to compare quality and price.
Thats about the same
3:41 a fatty fish sitting
Agreed. The intent to deceive is apparent.
"Mislabeled" implies that someone made a mistake. These people know what it is made out of, so that makes it a crime.
We are eating synthetic food
It does not imply a mistake. You can intentionally mislabel something.
The label they showed saying 'Wild raised Salmon' or 'Salmon raised in the wild' has the same energy as clothing belts labeled 'Genuine Leather' that put most real leather belt makers like me out of business over paying $5 to $10 dollars less for a garbage product that is the cheapest and thinnest leather on each side from a questionable source with pressed cardboard, or things worse for the inviroment in the middle, and polyurethane or PVC finishing the sides. If you pay a little bit more you don't see the shiny smooth sides instead you see the belts stitched together all the way down the length on each side of the belt with a seem in the middle. Then people wonder whether belts or even purses that this is done with don't keep their shape for more than a few months to a year and men wear belts out sometimes within 4 weeks to 3 months on average. They are bad for the environment and not sustainable because they constantly have to be replaced and often use products that are bad for the environment and come from crude oil byproducts. I make belts from the hides of cow's that go to slaughter for meat anyways and will last you 10 to 20 years or more, at least 5 years if you wear it and a tool belt nearly every day in all weather with no care for it beyond hanging it up to dry when you get a chance.
In Germany we got a similar thing with milk. To experience options are "Heumilch" meaning hay milk and than there is "Weidemilch" meaning pasture milk. While Heumilch means that the cows are out on the meadow if possible by temperature and weather and have to eat hay when they can't go out. Weidemilch on the other hand pretends to be Heumilch and just sounds nice, but has no regulations. Could be 24/7 in the stall without even a window or fresh air and only eat grain an soy. Possibly even GMO grain and soy. I mean likely.
Next time i eat a crab im asking for 3 references and a background check.
I want it's family tree.
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Buy it in its shell. No faking that.
Show me your papers
When I lived in Louisiana in the 1990's I was shocked to find out that the crawfish I had been eating everywhere was actually Chinese imported crawfish. Local Louisiana crawfish is immediately sold to France at a much higher price. To this day most Louisiana residents have no idea they are eating Chinese crawfish.
Oh yes we do! The quality is very different.
You right about most but My ex Uncles from St. James that’s all they’ve
ever done. They sell it expensive but you buy it at the dock. You can
watch them come in. Most of the. Crawfish labeled Louisiana sourced
is a lie, they just have to have 1% of anything, like the liquid in it and it
from Louisiana..
Spread awareness!
I lives near Slidell. I bought all my shrimp right from the boats as they docked
Did that matter when you didn't know the difference?
I’m a long time Florida Keys resident who has caught and eaten a fair share of Mahi.
Last time I drove down to Key West a new place opened that I tried. They were serving a blackened “mahi” but it was certainly tilapia. When I complained after one bite the waitress talked to the kitchen who came back saying it was mahi.
I still sent it back, so they had to call the owner who wanted a picture of the dish (I only took one bite) and they gave me a refund on the dish.
I paid for my beer and left. Lesson for these cons, it works on tourists but locals know the difference.
Good for you refusing and being adamant about not tolerating their fake crap.
Technically no mahi exist In Florida. Mahi Mahi is only found in Hawaii. You’re taking about dorado
Not if we grew up on a coast and KNOW the taste the texture ! I do get upset with all lies and deceit and work to inform! Rest/hosp ind over 40 yrs-I KNOW my food! 🙏🏻🤨😎
Should have reported it to the authorities, thats fraud!
- That is so sad that these people get away with this. What is the name of the place !?
“Give them the guillotine if you ask me…”
Goddamn chef, tell us how you really feel 😂
Yeah, he's going way too far with that.
Based honestly
@@PhilipPetrunak which method of punishment would you prefer.. feed them to the sharks maybe?
@@PhilipPetrunak did you miss the part where these fraudulent assholes are selling fish filled with mercury to us and charging us for an entirely different fish? I agree with this chef, if someone is going to lie and poison you they can get the guillotine.
And his restaurant sells three scallops for $60.
Scary how you can just fake food and nothing happens💀
China is 😅😅😅
right??!
Don't even get me started on the nutrition and fitness supplements.
That industry is an absolute joke.
Like faking a presidency or a 'vaccine'
I completely agree, but I also have a gripe from the other side. If you bought a pound of some bs fish for 20 bucks and were told it was bluefin tuna, then you went home and cooked it up and liked it. Were you scammed, or just exposed?
Very informative. Illegal fishing must be stopped, and fake products must be caught. Labels and the source are so key to knowing what you're getting.
I love how she keeps calling "Fraud" as "Mislabeled"
Cost of a few select fish from a restaurant I worked at for a while.. Be suspicious if you find these items on menus for significantly cheaper.
Mahi Mahi (mostly Florida caught) $35-40
Redfish (Texas) $30-35
Jumbo Sea Scallops (New England) $35-45 (per 4)
Sole (Rhode Island) $32-36
Crab Cake (Maryland) $32-36
Ruby Red Trout (Colorado) $30-34
Big Eye Tuna (Hawaii) $38-42
Halibut (Alaska) $40-45
Swordfish (Hudson Canyon) $35-40
Salmon (Farroe Islands) $30-34
What says they are not selling the fake product at genuine product prices?
I’ll never forget my husband and I went to a restaurant and they brought out a fish dish that wasn’t what they said it was on the menu . It was just a case of “he said/they said” I was hungry and urging my husband to just eat it which he did. He is a fisherman and knows his fish. We never went back there. The more I think about it the madder I get. They weren’t backing down at all just flat out trying to tell my husband he didn’t know what he was talking about- he was certain and I am too 😤😡
Many restaurants in ga sell tilapia as grouper!
I was head chef at a fancy seafood restaurant. I currently work at a seafood restaurant that's not fancy. I'm also a fisherman. I'm the only one who's worked at both companies who know what the real deal is. I'm the only fisherman. I don't trust anything from the company I work for. The wild caught salmon definitely isn't. I know my fish. I've been fishing for 41 years.
Did you leave a review at least?
I was at my local bike shop 2 weeks ago. I just moved here so the place was new to me. I go in there and ask some questions when i see a guy take my bike, walk out with it and attempt to walk around the corner with it. I shoved him in the back and asked him just what he thought he was doign with my 4000 pound carbon bike. Turns out it was the mechanic. But he did not inform tha the was gonna move my bike aand also was going to move it into a position where it could very easily be stolen as it was totally out of sight. He mouthed off at me claimin gi was aggressive ect. HE totally handled this the wrong way.
I left a bad reciew on trip advisor that is now getting read as i am notified that people are reading it.
U got gaslit big time lol
But you knowing better … told him too jus eat it lol tragic
I really hope the $25,000 for a Salmon license goes back into keeping a healthy and sustainable ecosystem for Alaska for generations to come
I think the optics is more in a sense of barriers of entry for fishers all around to go there. That way forces the market to only have a few fisherman, in order to make any profit.
That's on the very low end for a salmon fishing permit too. In some parts of Alaska, Salmon Fishing Licences can range from between $15,000, all the way up to $180,000, depending on where exactly you want to fish, and how (trolling, line fishing, etc). I think it's because only a certain amount of people are allowed to fish in a certain area, and some areas are much more plentiful than others, so it drives the prices up or down, depending on the season and how it has been performing.
Alaska is still harvesting to much salmon! They take so much that the native peoples in the Yukon have not been taking their subsistence fishing rights for years. The gov of the Yukon has massive conservation programs running to try to keep stocks from completely crashing.
Oh sure, because politicians all care so much for the environment and all....
oh SURELY it does.......
"Blue crabs are, hands down, the meanest thing in the ocean. Those things are full of spite and aggression." Well that explains why Old Bay is made with Anger and Salt
It's not "mislabeled" it's lying for profit......
yeah, which is called mislabeling....
so its tied to our Senate?
Bei
Yeah just like what they do with salmon.
@@splitloopgaming3523 intentionally, it's disingenuous. Which is lying...
it should be expensive and illegal to trick customers with any kind of labels like "Raised in the wild" otherwise charlatans will not stop
It is. Didn't you see the video?
vote democrat then
“Raised in the wild” is technically a correct term for farm raised salmon from ocean pens. Until recently every fish was either “wild caught” or “farm raised”. Any term besides those two is immediately suspicious but not necessary fraudulent
@@laurids2826no it’s not. You didn’t watch it apparently lol. It’s a loophole where it’s technically correct
In most cases the fines are part of doing business as they will make more money. No slap on the wrist will ever deter anybody. Corporate polluters are known for getting slapped on the wrist. It is only when private prosecutions happen that they get scared
The human trafficking part was devastating. There needs to be way more law enforcement out on the sea.
you do realize how large the sea is right? Not to mention that jurisdiction gets blurry due to international waters (and who wants to foot the bill for patrolling it)
@@GameFuMaster the ocean? there are many seas and oceans.
@@robm5008 i think you missed the point
All they did was mention human trafficking but gave no evidence that anyone was forced into labour, it seemed more like a comment to unprofessionally add dramatic effect.
@@jimbojimbo6873 it's pretty well documented dude. It sounds like you're just being a naysayer because you're too lazy to do your own research
Fishing for shrimp with the wrong nets and then throwing byproduct dead fish back in the ocean which constitute 98% of the catch, was the most devastating for me. Can there be no use for the fish that you have already killed anyway?
It's not worth keeping.
@@toolbaggers I guess the three and a half shrimps they caught in the process are worth keeping.
It is not as bad as it seems. Dead or alive everything goes back into the echosystem. So even tho it is horrible for the individuell animal for the Environment its ist absolutly sustainable
@@jonathanpelzer3532agree, many creatures eat from the dead fish
Cool to see sea Shepherd doing something productive
I trained as a chef many years ago, and Australian barramundi was a menu item. We were actually using frozen Nile Perch from Africa(a close relative of Barramundi) and it was significantly cheaper for the restaurant to use.
I like barramundi. Living in Texas, I,m lucky because we have the Gulf of Mexico and can go to HEB Grocery store and buy Gulf shrimp and fish which are the real deal.
Not me living in Nebraska buying scallops in the middle of may 😂😭😭
Yooo..I live in Nebraska too and have bought them in summer😂
Dude haha 😂 not me thinking farm fresh salmon is better 😂
The color of farm-raised salmon is not a good indicator anymore as farmers have been shown to add color enhancing food for their fish so that their flesh would be as vibrant as the wild caught ones.
The reason wild salmon have that color is because of what they eat and that same food they eat is in the feed that farmed salmon eat
@@empiricalfishing1187so you agree with op 😂❤
@@empiricalfishing1187 lol salmon feed is 70% vegetable matter and 30% fishmeal and fish oil hundreds of pens where we live and not one person here would ever eat one too many growth hormones and antibiotics in every pen without exception
Look at the white fat lines. They can't change what they feed the farmed salmon, which always have thick fat lines compared to the wild ones.
- Exactly. Most of it is colored but they cannot match the identical color so that's a plus. One day they will succeed though. Fraud always wins 😢
too little enforcement, too little punishment when they are caught
The problem is you ende up jailing people who were coerced to this type of activity, not the actual overlord who runs a fleet of theses boats safely at home.
26:27
Сhіnkѕ аrе thе ultіmаtе ѕсоurgе оn Еаrth. Тhеу rерrеѕеnt thе аnnіhіlаtіоn оf еvеrуthіng thаt mаkеѕ thіѕ рlаnеt hаbіtаblе - іtѕ nаturе, іtѕ mаrіnе lіfе, іtѕ bеаutу. Тhеѕе flеѕh rоbоtѕ knоwn аѕ thе сhіnаmаn аrе thе еmbоdіmеnt оf еvеrуthіng wе dеѕріѕе аnd thе hаrbіngеrѕ оf nаturе’ѕ іmmіnеnt dеmіѕе. Тhеіr ѕоlе рurроѕе іn ехіѕtеnсе ѕееmѕ tо bе tо dеѕtrоу аll thе bеаutу аnd grасе thаt hаvе сhаrасtеrіzеd thіѕ bluе рlаnеt fоr mіllеnnіа. Тhе mеrе thоught оf thеm fіllѕ mе wіth а rеvulѕіоn аnd аngеr thаt knоwѕ nо bоundѕ. Тhеѕе аbоmіnаblе wоrthlеѕѕ ѕubhumаnѕ dеѕеrvе ехtеrmіnаtіоn, ѕlоw аnd раіnful dеаth. Тhеу dеѕеrvе tо tаѕtе thеіr оwn mеdісіnе ѕіnсе thеу lоvе еrаdісаtіng wіldlіfе аnd mаrіnе lіfе. Тhеу аrе thе ѕсum оf thе Еаrth - thе mоѕt vіlе аnd lоаthѕоmе сrеаturеѕ tо еvеr grасе thіѕ рlаnеt. Тhеу hаvе nо rеdееmіng quаlіtіеѕ аnd аrе соmрlеtеlу іnсараblе оf fееlіng еmраthу оr соmраѕѕіоn fоr аnу lіvіng thіng. Іn fасt, thеіr рrеѕеnсе іѕ а ѕtаіn uроn thе саnvаѕ оf ехіѕtеnсе, а dеlіbеrаtе іnѕult tо thе nоtіоn оf humаnіtу іtѕеlf. Сhіnkѕ аrе dеmоnіс fіlth.
hіnkѕ аrе thе ultіmаtе ѕсоurgе оn Еаrth. Тhеу rерrеѕеnt thе аnnіhіlаtіоn оf еvеrуthіng thаt mаkеѕ thіѕ рlаnеt hаbіtаblе - іtѕ nаturе, іtѕ mаrіnе lіfе, іtѕ bеаutу.С
It’s always been the Chinese who massacre the marine life.
19:08 basically don't order something that's indistinguishable.
If you want to enjoy lobster or any other expensive food, try to enjoy it in its least processed form
If it's indistinguishable you shouldn't buy the expensive version anyway
@@reklessbravo2129 well, that's because it's been heavily processed.
If it's indistinguishable in its unprocessed form, then probably shouldn't either (unless there are health reasons)
@@reklessbravo2129Why would they tell you they even have the cheap thing if they can just pass it off as the expensive thing?
I stopped eating seafood from restaurants years ago. The only time i eat seafood is when we go to Florida on vacation. We stop by the local fish market that runs their own boats. We select the catch of the day and cook it ourselves at home. I don't even trust the restaurants on the coast. That $25 fried "grouper" sandwich is is not grouper.
Shoutout to Chef Clark for holding it down. If you can't afford it then don't eat it. No reason to be upset that rare ingredients are pricy. The food industry already has low margins, especially if you are being honest. Consumers don't understand that at a good restaurant, dishes only cost a lot because they have to.
Watched an "expose" video about places selling crab and lobster rolls using imitation meat. I'm no rocket surgeon, but if I am paying $10 for a crab or lobster roll, I'm not expecting it to have $15-$30 worth of real crab or lobster meat. Yet, people are still shocked and pissed off over it.
Most accurate report I've ever seen. Glad information is coming out ❤❤
When I was a kid, they used to fake scallops by stamping them out of Shark. You figured it out because everyone was the same size and thickness. This has been going on forever.
@@SeanHomsher-ef3mx This happens mostly from skate (like a stingray, but w/o the sting). They stamp them out of the skate wings.
Silly cuz I like shark/skate more than scallops 😏
It's skate, not shark.
@@tanikokishimoto1604 ah, that might depend on where you are. We don't have skate here, and the inexpensive scallops were definitely not scallops, so most likely shark
Italy is getting overrun with blue crabs. They need to take advantage of this and Market worldwide. Blue crab is the sweetest and most delicious crab. No butter needed.
“No butter needed” - you put butter on any other crab?
"But for now, it often comes down to the consumer"
It should be illegal to trick customers with any kind of false labels
Wife is a chef and I can’t get enough of this real data! Love love love this channel. May you forever be protected and may you continue to share this knowledge with the world.
Imitation Crab was not meant to fool people, EVERYONE knows it's not real crab 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️💀💀💀
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Yeah but the ones tryna lie to people are the ones that uses the imitation crab and pass it off as real crab in cooked dishes
You would be surprised. I've had imitation crab served to me in dishes claiming to be real crab at least 3 times that I can remember. They all happened in tropical tourist spots so they probably get away with it a lot.
A sushi joint tried to tell me that imitation crab was shrimp… I was like, yeaaah, ok. Never getting my business again
Cover what happened to Wild Atlantic Salmon. Wild Salmon (except for Sockeye) is gone from grocery store fridges only farmed is left.
I will not eat any supermarket fish I catch all my own fish fresh
In Canada- there is no wild atlantic salmon for sale- if its atlantic- its farmed. Sockeye and pinks are readily avialable, coho slightly less, wild spring salmon isnt generally available due to scarcity and the size of the fish (too large to be sold as steaks or fillets).
I buy from a small seafood market called the Fish Peddler East in Fort Lauderdale about once per week and their stuff is real. The prices they charge are way more than Publix, which sells garbage fish that are OLD.
DON'T buy grocery store fish! It is crap that is generally old and if you take it out of the package it will stink of fish. The food that I buy from Fish Peddler East NEVER smells of fish!
There are a lot of people that will RIP YOU RIGHT OFF in the fish sale industry!
@@brian5001 even if the entirety of the US quit eating seafood, china would still continue to deplete our waters. nothing you do in your life will change that
@@brian5001 Out of curiosity, are you vegan?
@@brian5001hmmm yummy.. the taste of gunpowder and nuclear radiation 😋
@@brian5001 why antinatalism tho?
@@brian5001 >antinatalism
that's even worse than a vegan
This is excellent stuff. Congratulations for keeping journalism alive.
I'm Japanese, and I could tell that there is some arbitrary translation here:
5:46
it should be
"So, if the tuna keeps being caught in a high pace in the near few years, the population will decrease as expected. "
Language barrier well utilized, good job
❌ Counterfeit Money
✅ Counterfeit Seafood
Use fake money to buy fake fish! Problem solved!😂
Great story. A lot of effort was put into this. Thank you for the hard work. Very informative.
Grew up a son of a highliner salmon fisher out of port Orford saw the farmed salmon from Chile and BC replace the wild fish. Then it was death by a million cuts that has almost eradicated the chinook salmon. As the demand was replaced the need to solve the problems had no priority. Just now taking down dams in Klamath. Small sustainable, highest quality American product we have is our seafood we need to support all small scale farms and fishers!! If in Maui best fisher in laihina uncle crusty die hard charters
‘Mislabeled’ - the corporate way to say ‘fake’
Thank you, I watched this whole show. My heart breaks for all these dead fish that were illegally caught. The ruthless death many endured, the blowing up of ships in the ocean 🫣😭😭😭😭😭😭 can’t we do better there?? The fake caviar grossed me out. Everyone should watch this, The Cove and Earthlings ❤❤❤❤
I started as a sushi chef 20 years ago and some Mainstream sushi restaurants are the worst.
Here’s a list of fish from the sushi bar that are mis labeled to market:
Escolar- “Super White Tuna” (not tuna)
Tilapia- “Red Snapper”
HERES A LIST EVERYBODY!
Proceeds to say two items, one of which was already in the video, smh....
@@locustrider4525 most of your spicy tuna rolls are fake tuna pre with co2 you guys cant etll a difference dou we mix everything and it tastes the same unless you work with fish like us. Either Way i blame rich people for living luxurious life styles.
I eat vegan sushi. Vegetables, rice and seaweed.
Holy shit Business Insider! This was amazing. I am shocked, mainly because 98% of the articles you post are a complete stab at poor people and just stuff I can't imagine more than a literal handful of people on the planet would be interested.
I don't know if it's good enough to forgive all the other post but it's a nice start.
I’m poor, but BI is interesting to me! It’s all about perspective.
@@LaurenRussellElizabeth well that's great for you. Have fun reading about what's it's like to have to live on only 800k a year and other awesome articles they show on UA-cam day and night.
@@LaurenRussellElizabeth Agreed.
@@thelostronina YT channel living in your mind, rent free. 😂
@@kurtdupree1254 I guess. They just show me an article almost every day from them and it's like how this California could manages to live on only 300k a year and crazy shit like that. Lol.
This episode reminds me the "Seaspiracy" documentary, specially near the end. Worth watching it too.
Sea food is the most mislabeled food item.
Olive oil: hold my beer
Same with some meat products. They write beef on the package but put horse meat in it for example. They do this in prepared products.
Fantastic video, ya'll always keep me glued to the screen, good work by everyone from the camera people to the editors to the narration.
This has been going on since the beginning of time. Unless you catch and clean your own fish, you're rarely gonna get whats advertised.I grew up in the Keys from the 50s -80s and we ate fish when I was young to supplement costs of food. Most fish have a different texture and you can tell BUT, it has to be a really different type of fish to be able to tell the difference. Red Snapper is probably the easiest faked because there are many different kinds of snappers. Mahi is easy to recognize if you are used to eating it, but can be sold using well-bled amberjack.
i would argue that if you purposefully eat cheap fish, like sardines, then you are definitely going to get whats advertised
@@L83467 I agree with that, just don't think its the same.
some fish like snapper and sole have many different variations, most you wouldnt be able to tell unless you saw the fish whole, but theyre all sold under a generic name for clarity and marketing. Something as small as a different color tail, spotting, can indicate a different species- but its all sold under a 'family' name.
@@L83467anything prepared well can taste great. Most pricey producs are basically overhyped things that are unnecessary for survival. Basic supply vs demand
Poor baby hammerhead……. They’re so cute 😭😭😭😭
Until they're chowing down on your leg.
@@gaoxiaen1 Sharks don't want to eat people like you idiots seem to want to believe. Most shark attacks happen because of people acting like prey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Hammerheads are adorable and my favorite type of sea puppy.
@@gaoxiaen1 Movie brainrot
Haha the chinese ringleader on the liberian fishing vessel. Priceless
Yup, it just had to be
I worked in a lobster fishery in Nova Scotia. The non moving, dead lobster were sent to the cannery. That's not to say they aren't still good but it's best to get them live.
Yes I know exactly what you are talking about as I have bought this Product and it taste nothing like a Fresh Lobster... Never again will I buy Lobster in a Can..
I worked on a fishing boat off Long Island NY in the 60's and we were employed by NY fisheries to catch sharks when the populations got very high. When we got to the dock restaurants would take the shark meat and I asked the guys what they were used for, they told me to make fake scallops. We cut steaks and cut them with a round cutter to make them look like scallops.
That is interesting, but maybe it is best to not spread this info or else bad people might start doing it.
😮
@@WeAreAllOneNatureI think the bad people already know this trick.
@@kimberlywoodbury1739 My sister is bad, but she didn't know.
@@WeAreAllOneNature I’m sorry your sister is bad - but I was talking about the people who run the fishing boats and decide to do this. I’m not sure what your sister has to do with this?
whenever you see "catfish" on the menu, 90% of the time they're NOT US raised catfish since they cost more. Asia imported swai aka catfish are much cheaper and usually are used in restaurants in the US nowadays, unfortunately.
The term catfish is supposed to be reserved for US farmed or rarely wild caught catfish; most often channel cats, blue cats or hybrids.
The catfish meat is firmer, the meat pattern is also different.
Funny thing is if you look up a picture of a swaii they look like a catfish.
@@chuckhartey9349 catfish do not have scales but a slimy skin whereas swai have scales.
@@johnsomn2148 10=4
I got some "scallops" at a grocery store in Pittsburgh (Shop N Save, I don't mind putting on blast), and they were shark, not scallops. They were ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
probably stingray
@@Snarf_Le_Wombatprob not but a common myth, ray costs more generally than scallops
I had actual scallops in 1980, & there was no way that I could stomach them. A fake has to be an improvement.
Maybe you over cooked them 😂
@@DakotaZ162 Nope. I can cook. I can also identify fake scallops once they're out of the package.
I will be surprised if there are any significant fish left in 20 years. We are scraping the oceans dry. It is not sustainable.
it depends, in the west is very strict but in the 3rd world non one gives a damn
This documentary sheds light on a serious issue. I wonder what measures are being taken globally to crack down on this problem. Any progress so far?
We were just there 2 nights ago. Since we didn’t have a reservation, we had dinner at the bar and were served by Shawn, the assistant manager who was hospitalized after trying to contain the fire. This is so heartbreaking.
really makes you wonder... if the average consumer can't tell the difference, perhaps the market value of the "real" seafood is largely overinflated.
The value isn't always just in the taste but in where it comes from and how it's raised.
Not being a food snob, like an ancient Roman; if it tastes good then I am fine with it especially when it comes to seafood. Some things are just too silly to be expensive and/or eaten like sturgeon roe. FFS it's fish eggs, and it is nasty. Anyone who says different as in "it has nice piquant notes and a sweet flavor of whatever" is just eating it because someone else said it was a delicacy (ie; boy are you somebody if you eat this shit). Some foods might be a delicacy, but that doesn't make them edible, nutritious, or worthwhile to eat. I mean, Cesium 137 is rare, and you can eat it, but it would be silly and deadly to do so, BUT think of the celebrity you would have for being able to say you have sampled this delicacy... until your flesh sloughed off, and you died in mind numbing paroxysms. DE-LISH!
Good point.
Its not all about the taste though. Sometimes its the nutritional value as well.
That’s the same as saying uranium is tremendously sweeter than sugar so we should use uranium rather than sugar.
A lot of these are priced based on benefits vs lack of risks. The average person not being able to tell simply means they haven’t had the quality one before, just the scam one. I eat salmon very regularly and I can tell you after farmed salmon for a few days I find my skin and hair gets oily fast, their fat content is wildly high and their flavour isn’t the same, wild caught fried in butter has a very distinct taste as where farmed just tastes “fishy” and there’s nasty blots of congealed fat all over the fish as the heat melts it out.
At this point i think the air i’m breathing is a faked air
They are definitely adding something to it.
you think you'd get the real stuff for free?
24:06 this whole section of the video made me so sad. seeing them just throw off the fish and sharks as if they’re junk. i am sure mother nature will run its course and some other animals will eat it but they did not deserve such a cruel death. just look how much fish covered the floor!
I don't think Africans care about wildlife.
Seeing Peter brought back memories of binge watching Whale Wars years ago...
Very informative. I had no idea that they can counterfeit seafood like shown.
My mom's brother was a lobsterman and I remember him bringing in boxes of live lobster for when we visited our relatives in Maine. When I think of those trips, I remember playing with the lobster on the lawn at my aunts home. Back then, they used wooden pegs to lock the claws. I can recognize real Mainers on how they consume the lobster. They eat everything! Including inside the head and inside the carapace as well as the tail, claws, and legs. My mom used to try and trick me to eat those innards by calling it "stuffing" like a freaking turkey! But she loved that stuff. LOL. We'd also get fresh clams and scallops. It was a real lobster boil.
Damn, all I learned from this video is that I need to get T-Mobile for business.
I love you sane Fakkah!!!!
Bruh... 😄😄😄
Thanks for the salmon info
Frankie and Benny's was caught in 2014 selling an item containing real and fake crab and this item is no longer served.
Great job highlighting Sea Shepherd. Heroes.
Righteous PEOPLE STAND UP and Demand calling this mislabelling what it truly is LYING We must no longer give these businesses the benefit of the doubt. BE FAIR but be Punishing to make it destructive to their business to continue once they are caught.
I wish one particular group of legislators in our federal government were not doing everything they can to eliminate funding for federal agencies that inspect our foods and that insure regulations are being complied with as far as sourcing, labeling, cleanliness, additives, and the labor involved.
Yeah but think about those poor big businesses that have to follow rules, how else can they profit for their owners?
This is NUTS!!! I love seafood especially shellfish ❤.... this is horrifying!
U Selfish 🐸
I am forever boycotting seafood; From this day forward, I will no longer consume any fish products...
Pair your designer cowboy hat with scuba gear for a memorable occasion.
What are the best strategies to protect my portfolio?, I've heard that a downturn will devastate the financial market, so I'm concerned about my $200k stock portfolio.
Get real, only hard currencies like precious metals are worth your time. If you are not buying silver and gold, especially silver you don't deserve wealth in abundance. Siver, first, it is harder to transport but I believe in the saying that silver prices will overtake gold for one reason. You cannot pay a person for a day's work in gold, only in silver or food. And within silver there are niche markets that one should be in. Good luck and may you prosper.
Spend them all in 1 day to expiration options on SPY
If a fish can fetch 3.1 million dollars, you realize something is seriously wrong with the system.
Not necessarily - there is a fundamental concept in economics called scarcity.
It’s not water quality issues that the problem it’s over fishing let’s all be honest I live in a fishing community and there’s 200 commercial boats that go out every day. How is that sustainable? It has nothing to do with water it has to do with the amount of licenses that the states are giving out, which is ridiculous, I believe there should be moratorium on all fisheries for five years And that is for commercial licenses
I wonder could you sue for these grocery stores for selling mislabeled tuna because I need money
Start buying samples and have it tested and start a UA-cam channel.
@@MixhelBooberry great idea
@@FresnoBoy6star make sure u have a lawyer on ur side.
@@MixhelBooberry I'll make sure to have two.
@@MixhelBooberry any more wisdom?
"these suckers remove the scallops with incredible speed" lol
more videos with this narrator/writer team!! im a video essay addict and she’s got the x factor. could listen to her talk about subjects all day.
Man I am so glad I'm not a seafood guy
ngl those crab sticks are fire even if it was fake
Fr!! 😅
Ikr.... I love heating them up and dipping in garlic butter 😢
Mistaking tilapia for red snapper is CRAZY to me they taste so different 😂💀
not for those who never eat them before, or only once or twice in their life time
@@asianangler I feel like anyone with a decent palate would tell the difference the texture and taste is completely different but I do understand it’s just hard to believe to me😂
Tilapia is just nasty. Raised in toxic conditions by unlicensed farmers and sold under "legit" companies "government- PRC". No way am I buying tilapia or any fish without skin that can be tilapia falsely labeled.
My dad loves to go fishing but is always careful about following the laws, he won't fillet the fish till we are back in our slip because if an official were to stop us we could easily show how many fish and what species we caught. It's normally a lot of Calico Bass and some California sheepshead or Red snapper. Occasionally some good sized tuna, and when my dad goes bugging and uses the approved lobster traps we get some lobsters. If dad brings home fish the first meal with it is fish tacos because nothing is better than fresh fish tacos.
It’s hilarious the guy slanging all those tuna is worried about the supply😂
Over 8 billion people in the world. Out of that, think about how many actually go out to eat, regularly at that. Day after day.
This has nothing on meat mash from McDonald's. History will remember this
well, about 60 to 70% of the planet's population doesn't have even clean water on tap. So I doubt they are going out to get fast food everyday. We are so amazingly spoiled, clean running water, a/c, wifi. Huge chunks of the world are still going every morning to fetch the days bucket of water out of the river.
Most people make their own food worldwide
@@KaitouKaiju I know this. That's why I have it worded as I do.
Subway was selling fake tuna
they were also selling rotten chicken which, considering how cheap chicken is, is quite telling
I've seen cans of tuna in the dollar store that contain texturized soy protein
@@tja4379they literally wasnt?
they always said overfishing, and hide the fact that fish decline is from polution and destroyed habitat because of the polution.
It's a bit of both. Habitat destruction is a big issue for freshwater fish and things that live in brackish water (like blue crabs), but for ocean seafood overfishing is the main issue.
@@jayleno2192Over fishing also causes habitat destruction, especially with bottom trawling
overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and the biggest contributor: climate change. Oysters in the south barely survived oil spills, only to be cooked to death in the heat and the polluted water. rivers getting so warm that salmon wont return to spawn and we lose generations of fish. Its far from 1 problem, its a multitude of issues- and correcting just one might not make a difference.
What an amazing video. Thank you for exposing the corrupt industry and opening peoples eyes into the world fish stocks and harvesting
_as a Norwegian_ I only eat seafood without barcodes..
(because I catch it all myself)
"fake tuna can be spot coz of it's low price"
Me: *sells fake tuna at a high price* 😅
Agreed. Her suggestion that buying overpriced fish decreased the chance of fraud was ludicrous. You need to buy from a reputable fish monger who buys right from a local dock. A species not native to your local has an exponentially higher chance of being fake
A fish sells for the price of a compact car, another one sells for a record 3.1M and oh shocker there's illegal and over fishing occurring. As long as there is people willing (and allowed) to spend so much money for what they consider a delicacy there will always be these problems.
Exactly
I bought a can of crab and I am thankful it is sustainably sourced. I learned a lot from this video!
Even thou Bob Barker has passed... He still lives on thru the Sea Shepherd... Respect!
If something drastic doesn't happen and soon we won't have much of an ocean anymore and if we don't have an ocean....
You obvi don't know how much of the earth is ocean😂
@@EV4LS1DE10MAN the mediterranean sea is already pretty dead. anyone who went diving, snorkeling or fishing there somewhat frequently in the last 25 years or so can tell that with certainty.
besides that, you are wrongly assuming the oceans are evenly populated.
@@tja4379 mediterranean is 10th in size. I'm sure we'll be alright🤣
@@EV4LS1DE10MAN so? it might take us a little longer to kill most of the life in the other oceans. in total numbers, we are also fishing way more in the larger oceans so the 10x argument is pretty weak. but it sounds to me you just wanna stay ignorant tbh
@tja4379 how is that affecting you personally tho?
Popular in the Mediterranean area:
Passing of cheap asian shrimp as scampi.
The revenue per dish isn't that big, but the sheer amount of supposed "Scampi" dishes served creates a gigantic volume of demand.
Scampi is just a cooking technique. You can make "anything" scampi. It doesn't even have to be seafood to be cooked scampi style.
the meaning of scampi depends on where you are. in many countries, scampi are just shrimp
Gives me all the more reason to eat more vegetables!
Rotten butter to deter illegal fishing is a hilarious idea. One I don’t find all that bad lol
"No marathons have been run by this fish thats for sure"
*instantly goes to comments*
With farmed salmons the farmer can change the color by changing its diet
what farmer there are only a couple companies worldwide that grow salmon
i really dont blame farmed salmon, if we only caught wild one, it will go exticnt
@@billykulim5202 i agree but the problem is trying to sell something for what it isn't.
Whoever eats talapia and thinks they are eating red snapper deserve to be fooled
you can justify any kind of scam with that argument.
Too much risk eating FAKE seafood!
I'll just stick to my 100% beef McDonald's.....
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
wow this blow my mind. crazy ive been looking at salmon all wrong
Sus cortes me hacen incapaz de quitarles los ojos de encima.
explains why Ecuador is probaly sinking Chinese boats in their waters