Fish detectives: the sleuths using 'e-DNA' to fight seafood fraud

A Canadian supplier known for wild salmon has teamed up with geneticists to prove what really ends up on the plateRevealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scaleThe first notable thing about the wild salmon fillet Dane Chauvel shows me is its colour - a rich red that, even over FaceTime, makes my mouth water. The second notable thing is that it's definitely salmon.This might not seem like a debatable fact. Chauvel is co-founder of Organic Ocean Seafood in Vancouver, Canada, housed in a historic building at the mouth of the 854-mile (1,375km) Fraser River, one of Canada's main salmon courses. The company supplies many high-end restaurants, and wild-caught salmon makes up a large proportion of its sales. Continue reading...