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New standardised fish names for Australian fish markets

25 June, 2008 in Australia, Fish by Mike Fabinyi | No comments

A new scheme has aimed at reducing confusion over fish names in Australian fish markets and retailers.  The Fish Names Brand Scheme was adopted yesterday by the biggest fish market in the country, the Sydney Fish Market, and their retailers.  It has involved the creation of standardised terms for each Australian fish species to replace various obselete names. ‘Deep sea perch’, for example, is now an obselete name for orange roughy. The scheme is expected to be adopted nationwide within the next couple of years.

 For full details of the scheme see here.