Back in 2018, a team of EU scientists set out to take a close look at a perennial favorite in the seafood supply chain, the ever-popular snapper. Prized for its delicate flavor and firm texture, snapper is a mainstay of the global seafood industry, with a role to play in classic recipes from cultures around the world. As part of the investigation, the team examined samples of commercially sold snapper from six countries including the UK. The result? Fully 70% of the “snapper” wasn’t snapper at all. Astonishingly, the team found fish from 38 different species in the sample set, including protected species that no business being on a market shelf at all.  

Concerning? Definitely. Unexpected? Probably not.