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SAFE Seafood Act to fight mislabeling, fraud

A new bill to combat fish fraud was introduced this week, following recent studies that showed widespread mislabeling of fish.

The SAFE Seafood Act, which formerly was introduced as the Safety and Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act, would require information collected by fishermen such as type of fish caught, location and how the fish was [...]

Neurotoxins such as domoic acid can disrupt salmon brain activity

There’s something in the water.

And it’s making salmon go crazy.

OK, maybe not crazy, but new research shows salmon that have been exposed to algal neurotoxins such as domoic acid, saxitoxin and brevetoxin exhibit changes in their behavior and brain activity.

The study, published online June 25 in Science Daily, also found small doses [...]