DNA barcoding reveals fraud in commercial common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) products in Santa Marta, Colombia.

ABSTRACT: The common snook Centropomus undecimalis is one of the main commercial fish species in the Caribbean region, including Colombia, where its populations have drastically decreased due to overfishing and environmental degradation. Thus, there is a market imbalance between the availability of snook products and their demand by consumers, which creates an opening for fraudulent actions such as species substitutions. Legislation in Colombia (and most Caribbean countries) lacks effective tools for the easy and rapid detection of frauds. Furthermore, there are very few studies published in scientific journals addressing this issue, of which none include C. undecimalis as the target species. Therefore, in order to investigate the existence of mislabeling in common snook products in Sa

SUBMITTER: Lea-Charris E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165420 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature