Australia seafood industry wants country of origin labels

Most diners wrongly assume the seafood they are served in restaurants comes are fished from Australian waters, and need to be “protected from deception,” the seafood industry said.

Nearly three-quarters of the seafood consumed by Australians is shipped from overseas, leading seafood producers told a parliamentary committee examining country of origin labeling laws.

In the case of barramundi, a national favorite, 60 percent of the 20,000 metric tons savored by Australians each year is sourced from foreign fisheries, research by the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association showed.

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