Northern red snapper

Lutjanus campechanus

COMMON NAMES

    • Northern red snapper

FISHERIES STATUS

Fishsource Profile(s)

Global studies

GLOBAL EFFORT

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Global samples

Mislabeling studies have been conducted in United States and India, with all the samples except one tested in the United States.

MISLABELING

The global mislabeling rate for Northern red snapper is somewhere between 22% and 92%, with the most likely value being 74%.

The 2017 global production was 7 thousands tonnes.

Minimum

22%

Northern red snapper

Most likely mislabeling rate is 74%.

Maximun

92%

SUBSTITUTES

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Thirty-five substitutes for northern red snapper have been identified in two countries.

Common names follow FISHBASE