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the coSt of Seafood fraud<br />
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Red snapper?<br />
$12,600<br />
1,200 pounds of fresh rockfish was<br />
imported for sale as red snapper for illegal<br />
profits of $12,600 before being detained by U.S.<br />
government officials (Foulke 1993, Jacquet <strong>and</strong><br />
Pauly 2008).<br />
Sushi?<br />
$20,000<br />
3,000 packs of grilled eel were falsely<br />
labeled as originating in Japan instead of<br />
China <strong>and</strong> sold to a wholesaler in Tokyo for<br />
1.71 million Japanese yen in 2008, nearly twice<br />
the price that would be paid for Chinese eel (Kyodo<br />
News 2009).<br />
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Orange roughy?<br />
$150,000<br />
45,000 pounds of inexpensive oreo dory<br />
were imported from New Zeal<strong>and</strong> for sale<br />
in Ohio for illegal profits of $150,000 before<br />
being detained by U.S. government officials.<br />
Orange roughy sells for four dollars more per pound<br />
than oreo dory (Foulke 1993, Jacquet <strong>and</strong> Pauly 2008).
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