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Ottawa: Complete List of Seafood Samples Ottawa: complete list of seafood samples Sold as Identified as (BOLD) Common name (CFIA Mislabelled Purchase (label/menu/server) market name) location Arctic char Salverus alpirus Arctic char (Arctic char, No Restaurant char) Arctic char Salverus alpirus Arctic char (Arctic char, No Restaurant char) Arctic char Salverus alpirus Arctic char (Arctic char, No Restaurant char) Arctic char Salverus alpirus Arctic char (Arctic char, No Grocery char) Store Butterfish Lepidocybium Escolar (Escolar, Snake Yes Restaurant flavobrunneum Mackerel) Cod, Fogo Island Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) Cod, Icelandic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) (food truck) Cod, Atlantic Gadus macrocephalus Pacific cod (Pacific cod, cod) Yes Restaurant Cod, Pacific Micromesistius australis Southern blue whiting Yes Restaurant (Southern blue whiting, Blue whiting, Blue cod) Cod, Norwegian Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Restaurant cod) Cod, Alaskan Gadus macrocephalus Pacific cod (Pacific cod, cod) No Grocery Store Cod, Pacific Gadus macrocephalus Pacific cod (Pacific cod, cod) No Grocery Store Cod, North Atlantic Gadus macrocephalus Pacific cod (Pacific cod, cod) Yes Restaurant Cod Gadus macrocephalus Pacific cod (Pacific cod, cod) No Grocery Store Cod, Icelandic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Grocery cod) Store Cod, Icelandic Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, No Grocery cod) Store Euro Bass Gadus morhua Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod, Yes Restaurant cod) Grouper Epinephelus diacanthus Spinycheek grouper (n/a) Yes – E. diacanthus not on CFIA’s Restaurant fish list Grouper, Yellow Edge Hyporthodus Yellowedge grouper (n/a) Yes – H. flavolimbatus not on Grocery flavolimbatus CFIA’s fish list store Haddock Melanogrammus Haddock (haddock) No Grocery aeglefinus store Hake Urophycis tenuis White hake (White hake) Yes – not in Hake genus Grocery (Merluccius ) store Halibut, Atlantic Hippoglossus stenolepis Pacific halibut (Pacific Yes Restaurant halibut, halibubt) Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis Pacific halibut (Pacific No Grocery halibut, halibut) store Halibut, Pacific Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut (Atlantic Yes Restaurant halibut, halibut) Halibut, Pacific Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut (Atlantic Yes Restaurant halibut, halibut) Halibut, Atlantic Hippoglossus stenolepis Pacific halibut (Pacific Yes Restaurant halibut, halibubt) Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis Pacific halibut (Pacific No Grocery halibut, halibut) Store Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut (Atlantic No Grocery halibut, halibut) Store Pickerel Sander lucioperca Pike-perch (Pike-perch, Yes Restaurant European Walleye, European Pickerel, Zander) Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout (Rainbow No Restaurant trout, Steelhead, Steelhead salmon, Steelhead trout, Trout, Deep Sea Trout) Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout (Rainbow No Restaurant trout, Steelhead, Steelhead salmon, Steelhead trout, Trout, Deep Sea Trout) Black cod Anoplopoma fimbria Sablefish (Sablefish, Black No Restaurant cod) Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria Sablefish (Sablefish, Black No Restaurant cod) Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax European Bass (Sea Bass) No Restaurant Salmon, Wild Salmo salar Atlantic salmon (Atlantic Yes – wild salmon can only be Restaurant salmon, salmon) Pacific. This in fact was Atlantic Salmon, Sockeye Pacific Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon (Red No Restaurant salmon, Red sockeye salmon, Sockeye salmon) Salmon, Pacific Oncorhyncus keta Chum salmon (Chum Yes - species information required Restaurant salmon, Keta salmon, by CFIA for Pacific salmon Silverbrite salmon) Salmon, Coho Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon (Red Yes - species information required Restaurant salmon, Red sockeye by CFIA for Pacific salmon salmon, Sockeye salmon) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon (Red No Grocery salmon, Red sockeye store salmon, Sockeye salmon) Salmon, Wild Oncorhyncus keta Chum salmon (Chum Yes - species information required Restaurant salmon, Keta salmon, by CFIA for Pacific salmon Silverbrite salmon) Salmon, Pacific Pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon (Pacific Pink No Grocery salmon, Pink salmon) store Salmon, Keta Oncorhyncus keta Chum salmon (Chum No Grocery salmon, Keta salmon, store Silverbrite salmon) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon (Red No Grocery salmon, Red sockeye store salmon, Sockeye salmon) Salmon, Pacific Pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon (Pacific Pink No Grocery salmon, Pink salmon) store Salmon, Pink Oncorhyncus keta Chum salmon (Chum Yes Grocery salmon, Keta salmon, store Silverbrite salmon) Salmon, Pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon (Pacific Pink No Grocery salmon, Pink salmon) Store Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon (Red No Grocery salmon, Red sockeye Store salmon, Sockeye salmon) Snapper Oreochromis aureus Blue tilapia (n/a) Yes – species substitution; O. Restaurant aureus not on CFIA’s fish list Snapper, BC Sebastes alutus Pacific ocean perch Yes Grocery (Rockfish, Rosefish, Redfish, store Ocean perch, Pacific Ocean perch) Snapper Pristipomoides Crimson jobfish (n/a) Yes – P. filamentosus not on CFIA’s Restaurant filamentosus fish list Snapper Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Yes Restaurant tilapia) Snapper, Red Lutjanus synagris Lane snapper (Lane snapper, Yes Restaurant snapper) Snapper, Red Sebastes reedi or S. Rockfish Yes Restaurant polyspinis or S.crameri S. reedi: (Rockfish, Pacific Red snapper, Rosefish, Yellowmouth rockfish) S. polyspinis: (Rockfish, Northern rockfish) S.crameri: (Rockfish, Darkblotched rockfish, Pacific snapper) Snapper, Red Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Yes Restaurant tilapia) Snapper, Red Oreochromis Mozambique tilapia Yes Restaurant mossambicus (Mozambique tilapia, tilapia) Snapper, Red Sebastes alutus Pacific ocean perch Yes Restaurant (Rockfish, Rosefish, Redfish, Ocean perch, Pacific Ocean perch) Snapper, Red Oreochromis Mozambique tilapia Yes Restaurant mossambicus (Mozambique tilapia, tilapia) Snapper, Red Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Yes Restaurant tilapia) Snapper, Red Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Yes Restaurant tilapia) Snapper, Red Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Yes Restaurant tilapia) Sole, Dover Solea solea (n/a) Yes - S. solea not on CFIA’s fish list Restaurant Sole Limanda aspera Yellowfin sole (Sole, No Restaurant flounder, Yellowfin sole) Sole - Microstomus Lepidopsetta bilineata Rock sole (Rock sole, sole, Yes Grocery Pacificus flounder) Store Sole Pangasianodon Striped catfish (Pangasius, Yes Restaurant (Pangasius) Basa, Sutchi catfish) hypophthalmus Sole, Rock Lepidopsetta bilineata Rock sole (Rock sole, sole, No Grocery flounder) store Sole Limanda aspera Yellowfin sole (Sole, No Grocery flounder, Yellowfin sole) store Sole Hippoglossoides elassodon Sole No (though Hi. Robustus not on Grocery or Hippoglossoides H. elassodon (Flathead sole, CFIA’s fish list, positive ID couldn’t be store robustus sole, flounder) made) Hippoglossoides robustus: Bering flounder (n/a) Sole Hippoglossoides elassodon Sole No (though H. Robustus not on Grocery or Hippoglossoides H. elassodon (Flathead sole, CFIA’s fish list, positive ID couldn’t be store robustus sole, flounder) made) Hippoglossoides robustus: Bering flounder (n/a) Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, Albacore White Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, Yellow Tail Seriola quinqueradiata Japanese Amberjack Yes Restaurant (Japanese Amberjack) Tuna, Yellowfin Thunnus albacares Yellowfin tuna (Yellowfin, No Restaurant Yellowfin tuna, tuna) Tuna, Red Thunnus obesus Bigeye tuna (Bigeye tuna, Yes – Red tuna not acceptable Restaurant tuna) market name Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, Red Thunnus albacares Yellowfin tuna (Yellowfin, Yes – Red tuna not acceptable Restaurant Yellowfin tuna, tuna) market name Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, Bigeye Thunnus obesus Bigeye tuna (Bigeye tuna, No Restaurant tuna) Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna Thunnus albacares Yellowfin tuna (Yellowfin, No Restaurant Yellowfin tuna, tuna) Tuna, Yellowfin Thunnus albacares Yellowfin tuna (Yellowfin, No Grocery Yellowfin tuna, tuna) store Tuna Thunnus obesus Bigeye tuna (Bigeye tuna, No Grocery tuna) store Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, BC Albacore Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, No Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) Tuna, White Lepidocybium Escolar (Escolar, Snake Yes Restaurant flavobrunneum mackerel) Tuna, White Lepidocybium Escolar (Escolar, Snake Yes Restaurant flavobrunneum mackerel) Tuna, White Lepidocybium Escolar (Escolar, Snake Yes Restaurant flavobrunneum mackerel) Tuna, White Lepidocybium Escolar (Escolar, Snake Yes Restaurant flavobrunneum mackerel) Tuna, White Thunnus alalunga Albacore tuna (Albacore, Yes - White tuna not acceptable Restaurant Albacore tuna, tuna) market name Yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata Japanese Amberjack Yes Restaurant (Japanese Amberjack) Yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata Japanese Amberjack Yes Restaurant (Japanese Amberjack) Yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata Japanese Amberjack Yes Restaurant (Japanese Amberjack) White fish Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Yes Restaurant tilapia) .
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