Everyone in Florida can play a role in stamping out seafood fraud.
First, let's collectively face the facts. Local restaurants and markets are hawking fake or substitute fish at premium prices. And there are those among us looking the other way to get a cheap grouper sandwich.
That's why seafood fraud happens.
Fake fish enterprise threatens us all, our pocketbooks, health and environment.
"The industry just needs more regulation," said Tim Petrillo, co-founder and CEO of The Restaurant People, Inc., which operates the fine-food eateries Yolo and Tarpon Bend in downtown Fort Lauderdale. "And the consumer needs to know why they are paying what they are paying when it comes to fish."
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