Seafood substitutions obscure patterns of mercury contamination in Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) or "Chilean sea bass".

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Peter B Marko, Holly A Nance, Peter van den Hurk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Shag Rocks; South Pole; Patagonian Toothfish; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104140; https://doaj.org/article/8a24931d54fe43bfa87630938ca07fa0

Seafood mislabeling distorts the true abundance of fish in the sea, defrauds consumers, and can also cause unwanted exposure to harmful pollutants. By combining genetic data with analyses of total mercury content, we have investigated how species substitutions and fishery-stock substitutions obscure...