What stinks worse than a dead fish? A dead fish with a false and misleading label.

According to a new report from Oceana, seafood is mislabeled 19 percent of the time. In many cases, escolar, a species of fish with known health risks, was sold as “white tuna” in sushi restaurants in the U.S.  Oceana, an ocean conservation and advocacy group, determined that escolar, Asian catfish and hake are the most commonly substituted species worldwide.

Oceana called on the Obama administration to expand traceability requirements to all types of seafood, not just the 13 types deemed "at-risk" in a rule proposed in February by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In the meantime, consumer beware—or move to Antarctica? Mislabeled seafood samples were found in restaurants, grocery stores and “other retail outlets” in 55 countries representing every continent except Antarctica.

Read the press release 

Read the report