You know you've made the big time when you're the subject of two U.S. Congressional reports within one year.
Unfortunately, seafood has been on the U.S. Congressional agenda for exactly the wrong reason -- fraud.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, released a report in February outlining the problem of fraud in the seafood sector. Their conclusion? We have a problem.
"The available information suggests that the scope and economic impact of seafood fraud vary widely and can occur at any point in the seafood supply chain, from large-scale, multinational schemes involving importers -- with impacts in the millions of dollars -- to fraudulent activities at individual restaurants or grocery stores,” the report said.
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