Genetic Markers Help Feds Enforce Seafood Regulations
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
New discoveries in "marine forensics" by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will allow federal seafood agents to ensure that the blue marlin sold in U.S. seafood markets were not taken from the Atlantic Ocean. Regulation of Atlantic blues reflects overfishing and a troubling drop in population.