Research on Seafood Fraud Deserves Better

Stawitz and colleagues (2016) present an analysis of seafood mislabeling and make inferences about its financial and ecological implications. We applaud the authors for tackling this important topic. As presented, however, we have reservations about the research which call into question the main conclusions. First, based on the data and results that are presented, there appear to be errors and some of the conclusions are not supported. Second, there may be a bias in the analyses that favors the conclusions. Third, details are lacking regarding the analyses, challenging their verification. We briefly describe some of the issues. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved