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maztez
24-06-2008, 06:25 PM
Just received the following
Sydney fish markets and its eight seafood retailers today became the first outlets to be certified under the Australian Fish Names Brand Scheme
The scheme was officially launched at the market this morning
The standard - first of its kind in the world - gives just one name to each of Australias 4500 - odd fish species. Until now one fish could be known by as many as 20 different names.
The scheme which has been in the making for years, provides accurate seafood labelling and ensures that customers know exactly what they are getting.

Cheers Terry

Outsider1
24-06-2008, 06:44 PM
Good to hear, it has been a long time coming!. I remember hearing a rep from Australian Standards talking about this 3 or 4 years ago.

Cheers

Dave

sparkyice
25-06-2008, 01:10 AM
does anybody have a link to a fish identification site?
i'd like to take a peek at what all kinds of fishes abound down under.
4500 species? wow!:o

thanks,
joe

Mtx
25-06-2008, 06:36 AM
No more snapper!!!!


THE seafood equivalent of buying a pig's ear when you paid for a silk purse will become far less common with the unveiling of standardised names for fish, it was claimed yesterday.

Seafood Australia said the Australian fish names scheme, giving for the first time one moniker to each of Australia's 4500 fish species, will make it far harder for unscrupulous fish mongers to sell cheap varieties under the wrong or made-up names.
The fish names brand scheme uses many established names for various species but has also ditched some of the country's best known fish names.
Snapper, arguably Australia's most popular fish, will be called "bight redfish" and jewfish will be known as "mulloway".
Launched yesterday by NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald, the scheme in some cases rewrites names that can be traced back to Captain Cook.
Cook came up with the name snapper - originally from the West Indies - and there have been years of confusion over fish names since, Mr Macdonald said.
He said confusion had made it possible for unscrupulous operators to make a "quick buck" by selling cheap varieties under incorrect and more expensive names in the $2.5 billion industry.
Grahame Turk, managing director of Sydney Seafood Market, said: "Up until now, some fish species have been known by up to 20 different names depending on what state - or region - the fish were landed.
"You not only needed a menu but an atlas."
Ted Loveday, Seafood Services Australia's managing director, said deep sea perch was a species which never existed, and was a made up name. It will now be called orange roughy.
"It's like having a GTX Holden - there's no such thing," he said.
"It's the first time a single reference point for fish names has existed in Australia."
Take-up of the scheme is voluntary and businesses that sign-on to the scheme will be licensed and display "approved fish names" signage.
"The message for consumers is look for the new logo," Mr Loveday said.
It took a committee of seafood experts, consumer representatives, fisheries managers and other stakeholders six years to standardise the names of more than 4500 fish and the list has been adopted by Standards Australia

Jono_SS
25-06-2008, 05:57 PM
www.fisnames.com.au

sparkyice
25-06-2008, 10:33 PM
thanks, jono.
looks good

Noelm
30-06-2008, 03:26 PM
[quote=Mtx;848215]No more snapper!!!!



Snapper, arguably Australia's most popular fish, will be called "bight redfish" and jewfish will be known as "mulloway".

not exactly correct, Snapper "Pagrus Auratus" will be known as a Snapper, as it should be, Squire and such names are only Local, Mulloway has always been the correct name for a Jewfish or Jewie as we know it.

Noelm
30-06-2008, 03:27 PM
wooops, the quote thing did not work too good for some reason.

Outsider1
30-06-2008, 04:18 PM
wooops, the quote thing did not work too good for some reason.

Try closing the quote with [/quote], that should fix it.

Cheers

Dave