Further Reading & Research

Seafood fraud, authentication and consumer protection

An empirical framework to study food labelling fraud: an application to the Italian extra-virgin olive oil market

Bimbo, F., Bonanno, A., & Viscecchia, R.

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63(4), 701–725 (2019)

Country-of-Origin Labelling, Food Traceability Drivers and Food Fraud: Lessons from Consumers' Preferences and Perceptions

Bitzios, M., Jack, L., Krzyzaniak, S., & Xu, M.

European Journal of Risk Regulation, 8(3), 541–558 (2017)

doi.org/10.1017/err.2017.27

Food fraud: economic insights into the dark side of incentives

Ehmke, M., Bonanno, A., Boys, K., & Smith, T.

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63(4), 685–700 (2019)

doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12346

Food Fraud: Causes, Consequences, and Deterrence Strategies

Giannakas, K. & Yiannaka, A.

Annual Review of Resource Economics, 15(1), 85–104 (2023)

doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-101422-013027

Authentication of ready-to-eat anchovy products sold on the Italian market by BLAST analysis of a highly informative cytochrome b gene fragment

Giusti, A., Tinacci, L., Sotelo, C., Acutis, P., Ielasi, N., & Armani, A.

Food Control, 97, 50–57 (2019)

doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.10.018

Food authentication, current issues, analytical techniques, and future challenges: A comprehensive review

Haider, A., Iqbal, S., Bhatti, I., Alim, M., Waseem, M., Iqbal, M., … & Khaneghah, A.

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 23(3) (2024)

doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.13360

Consequences of seafood mislabeling for marine populations and fisheries management

Kroetz, K., Luque, G., Gephart, J., Jardine, S., Lee, P., Moore, K., … & Donlan, C.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(48), 30318–30323 (2020)

doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003741117

The 11 sins of seafood: Assessing a decade of food fraud reports in the global supply chain

Lawrence, S., Elliott, C., Huisman, W., Dean, M., & Ruth, S.

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 21(4), 3746–3769 (2022)

doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12998

Characteristics and situational aspects of seafood fraud: a comparative crime script analysis

Lawrence, S., Ruth, S., Elliott, C., & Huisman, W.

Crime Law and Social Change, 82(2), 433–462 (2024)

doi.org/10.1007/s10611-024-10149-7

Food fraud: an international snapshot and lessons for Australia

Lindley, J.

Journal of Financial Crime, 28(2), 480–492 (2020)

doi.org/10.1108/jfc-09-2020-0179

Innovation to limit seafood fraud post-COVID-19

Lindley, J., Sousa, E., Doubleday, Z., & Reis-Santos, P.

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33(2), 501–512 (2022)

doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09747-2

Determining the Authenticity of Shark Meat Products by DNA Sequencing

Marchetti, P., Mottola, A., Piredda, R., Ciccarese, G., & Pinto, A.

Foods, 9(9), 1194 (2020)

doi.org/10.3390/foods9091194

DNA-analysis to monitor fisheries and aquaculture: Too costly?

Martinsohn, J., Raymond, P., Knott, T., Glover, K., Nielsen, E., Eriksen, L., … & Guillen, J.

Fish and Fisheries, 20(2), 391–401 (2018)

doi.org/10.1111/faf.12343

Smoke, mirrors, and mislabeled cod: poor transparency in the European seafood industry

Miller, D. & Mariani, S.

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(10), 517–521 (2010)

doi.org/10.1890/090212

Seafood mislabelling: comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives

Miller, D., Jessel, A., & Mariani, S.

Fish and Fisheries, 13(3), 345–358 (2011)

doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00426.x

IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud: Using Crime Script Analysis to Inform Intervention

Petrossian, G. & Pezzella, F.

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 679(1), 121–139 (2018)

doi.org/10.1177/0002716218784533

Developing anti-counterfeiting measures: The role of smart packaging

Soon, J. & Manning, L.

Food Research International, 123, 135–143 (2019)

doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2019.04.049

A Bayesian Approach to Predict Food Fraud Type and Point of Adulteration

Soon, J. & Wahab, I.

Foods, 11(3), 328 (2022)

doi.org/10.3390/foods11030328

Defining the Public Health Threat of Food Fraud

Spink, J. & Moyer, D.

Journal of Food Science, 76(9) (2011)

doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02417.x

Mislabelled: Montreal Investigation Results and How to Fix Canada's Seafood Fraud Problem

Thurston, S. & Wilmot, L.

(2019)

doi.org/10.31230/osf.io/v84rd

Bioinformatics Approach to Mitigate Mislabeling in EU Seafood Market and Protect Consumer Health

Vindigni, G., Pulvirenti, A., Alaimo, S., Monaco, C., Spina, D., & Peri, I.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(14), 7497 (2021)

doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147497

Emerging monitoring technologies to reduce illegal fishing activities at sea and prevent entry of fraudulent fish into markets

Willette, D., Ababouch, L., Barber, P., Bunje, P., Cauzac, J., Conchon, A., … & Trenkel, V.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7 (2023)

doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1166131

Using DNA barcoding to track seafood mislabeling in Los Angeles restaurants

Willette, D., Simmonds, S., Cheng, S., Esteves, S., Kane, T., Nuetzel, H., … & Barber, P.

Conservation Biology, 31(5), 1076–1085 (2017)

doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12888

DNA barcoding reveals substitution of Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) with Patagonian and Antarctic Toothfish in online market in China: How mislabeling opens door to IUU fishing

Xiong, X., Guardone, L., Cornax, M., Tinacci, L., Guidi, A., Gianfaldoni, D., … & Armani, A.

Food Control, 70, 380–391 (2016)

doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.06.010

Illegal fishing, fisheries crime and governance

Blue boats in deep waters: how aspects of IUU policy impact Vietnamese fish workers

Alonso, G. & Marschke, M.

Maritime Studies, 22(2) (2023)

doi.org/10.1007/s40152-023-00303-7

Corporate criminal liability towards the doer of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in Indonesia

Bintoro, R., Raharjo, A., & Sudrajat, T.

E3S Web of Conferences, 47, 06003 (2018)

doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184706003

Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia

Garcia, S., Barclay, K., & Nicholls, R.

Ocean & Coastal Management, 202, 105494 (2021)

doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105494

China Revamping Decades-Old Fisheries Law to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

He, J. & Zhang, X.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (2022)

doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.777497

Criminal Law Aspect of Illegal Transshipment Under Act Number 45 of 2009 Concerning Fisheries

Herman, H., Haris, O., & Syahbudin, S.

Yuridika, 36(2), 295 (2021)

doi.org/10.20473/ydk.v36i2.23225

From fish to fishworker traceability in Thai fisheries reform

Kadfak, A. & Widengard, M.

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 6(2), 1322–1342 (2022)

doi.org/10.1177/25148486221104992

Approaches to combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Long, T., Widjaja, S., Wirajuda, H., & Juwana, S.

Nature Food, 1(7), 389–391 (2020)

doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0121-y

A Perspective on the Role of Eco-Certification in Eliminating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Longo, C., Buckley, L., Good, S., Gorham, T., Koerner, L., Lees, S., … & Currey, R.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (2021)

doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.637228

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Drivers

Lubchenco, J. & Haugan, P.

pp. 553–591 (2023)

doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16277-0_15

EU–Third Country Dialogue on IUU Fishing: The Transformation of Thailand's Fisheries Laws

Naiki, Y. & Rakpong, J.

Transnational Environmental Law, 11(3), 629–653 (2022)

doi.org/10.1017/s2047102522000206

Inhibiting Factors in Enforcement Law of Illegal Fishing Indonesian Seas Based on International Maritime Law

Perdana, L., Windradi, F., Sari, A., Widayati, S., & Limantara, A.

pp. 686–691 (2023)

doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_114

A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing

Roberson, L., Hosch, G., Wilcox, C., Martinez, R., Sant, G., & Klein, C.

(2024)

doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1003.v2

Collateral damage? Small-scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing

Song, A., Scholtens, J., Barclay, K., Bush, S., Fabinyi, M., Adhuri, D., … & Haughton, M.

Fish and Fisheries, 21(4), 831–843 (2020)

doi.org/10.1111/faf.12462

IUU Fishing and Measures to Improve Enforcement and Compliance

Swan, J.

pp. 354–360 (2019)

doi.org/10.1163/9789004380271_060

Progress and challenges in eliminating illegal fishing

Vince, J., Hardesty, B., & Wilcox, C.

Fish and Fisheries, 22(3), 518–531 (2020)

doi.org/10.1111/faf.12532

The nexus between illegal trade and environmental crime

Yamaguchi, S., Wal, L., Karousakis, K., Perry, E., & Turner, S.

(2023)

doi.org/10.1787/8dae4616-en

Traceability, technology and supply-chain assurance

Achieving transparency through blockchain: sustainability of fishery supply chain management

Cordova, M. & Aguirre, K.

Internext, 17(3) (2022)

doi.org/10.18568/internext.v17i3.679

Overcoming Catch Data Collection Challenges and Traceability Implementation Barriers in a Sustainable, Small-Scale Fishery

Grantham, A., Pandan, M., Roxas, S., & Hitchcock, B.

Sustainability, 14(3), 1179 (2022)

doi.org/10.3390/su14031179

Toward an Intelligent Blockchain IoT-Enabled Fish Supply Chain: A Review and Conceptual Framework

Ismail, S., Reza, H., Salameh, K., Zadeh, H., & Vasefi, F.

Sensors, 23(11), 5136 (2023)

doi.org/10.3390/s23115136

A Tertiary Review on Blockchain and Sustainability with Focus on Sustainable Development Goals

Jiang, S., Jakobsen, K., Bueie, J., Li, J., & Haro, P.

(2022)

doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.18480509.v2

The Expanding Role of Traceability in Seafood: Tools and Key Initiatives

Lewis, S. & Boyle, M.

Journal of Food Science, 82(S1) (2017)

doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.13743

Fisheries Traceability, Drivers and Barriers to Its Adoption: A Review

Macusi, E., Nallos, I., Borazon, E., Castro, M., & Peralez, C.

(2024)

doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0977.v1

Mobilising international resource management certification schemes: Re-configuration of the global shark fin supply network by producers

Omoto, R.

Geo: Geography and Environment, 10(1) (2023)

doi.org/10.1002/geo2.117

Blockchain-Based Traceability for the Fishery Supply Chain

Patro, P., Jayaraman, R., Salah, K., & Yaqoob, I.

IEEE Access, 10, 81134–81154 (2022)

doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3196162

Fisheries products traceability using batch code

Putra, I. & Labasariyani, N.

Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 15(3), 135–149 (2023)

doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2023.15.3.0111

Third Party Certification of Agri-Food Supply Chain Using Smart Contracts and Blockchain Tokens

Santos, R., Torrisi, N., & Pantoni, R.

Sensors, 21(16), 5307 (2021)

doi.org/10.3390/s21165307

Supply network design to address United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A case study of blockchain implementation in Thai fish industry

Tsolakis, N., Niedenzu, D., Simonetto, M., Dora, M., & Kumar, M.

Journal of Business Research, 131, 495–519 (2021)

doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.08.003

Labelling, certification, sustainability and markets

Identifying sustainability priorities among value chain actors in artisanal common octopus fisheries

Ainsworth, G., Pita, P., Pita, C., Roumbedakis, K., Pierce, G., Longo, C., … & Villasante, S.

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33(3), 669–698 (2023)

doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09768-5

Selling only sustainable seafood: Attitudes toward public regulation and retailer policies

Alfnes, F.

Marine Policy, 78, 74–79 (2017)

doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.01.012

The value of responsibly farmed fish: A hedonic price study of ASC-certified whitefish

Asche, F., Bronnmann, J., & Cojocaru, A.

Ecological Economics, 188, 107135 (2021)

doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107135

The role of corporate social responsibility in creating a Seussian world of seafood sustainability

Bailey, M., Packer, H., Schiller, L., Tlusty, M., & Swartz, W.

Fish and Fisheries, 19(5), 782–790 (2018)

doi.org/10.1111/faf.12289

Reef Conservation off the Hook: Can Market Interventions Make Coral Reef Fisheries More Sustainable?

Cramer, K. & Kittinger, J.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (2021)

doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.675274

Seafood Labeling in Croatia: Molecular Evidence and Regulatory Insights

Grbin, D., Zrncic, S., Oraic, D., Alfier, M., Cindric, M., Jovic, L., … & Zupicic, I.

Foods, 14(6), 917 (2025)

doi.org/10.3390/foods14060917

Consumption of shark products: The interface of sustainability, trade (mis)labelling, human health and human rights

Hasan, M., Chaplin, J., Spencer, P., & Braccini, M.

Fish and Fisheries, 24(5), 777–795 (2023)

doi.org/10.1111/faf.12768

The role of certifications and eco-labels in fisheries: a systematic literature review of their benefits and challenges

Melo, M., Barros, J., Ribeiro, A., Lima, T., & Sobral, M.

Environmental Sciences Europe, 36(1) (2024)

doi.org/10.1186/s12302-024-01018-0

Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption of Seafood Through Enhanced Mandatory Food Labeling

Penca, J.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 (2020)

doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.598682

The Elusive Price Premium for Ecolabelled Products: Evidence from Seafood in the UK Market

Roheim, C., Asche, F., & Santos, J.

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62(3), 655–668 (2011)

doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00299.x

Wider food-integrity and policy research

Fish crimes in the global oceans

Belhabib, D. & Billon, P.

Science Advances, 8(12) (2022)

doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj1927

Lab experience with seafood control at the undergraduate level: Cephalopods as a case study

Fernandez, S., Rodriguez-Muniz, L., Molina, J., Muniz-Rodriguez, L., Jimenez, J., Garcia-Vazquez, E., … & Borrell, Y.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 48(3), 236–246 (2020)

doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21332

Food regulation and policing: innovative technology to close the regulatory gap in Australia

Lindley, J.

Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, 17(2), 127–136 (2022)

doi.org/10.1007/s00003-022-01372-2

Labels on seafood products in different European countries and their compliance to EU legislation

Paolacci, S., Mendes, R., Klapper, R., Velasco, A., Ramilo-Fernandez, G., Munoz-Colmenero, M., … & Sotelo, C.

Marine Policy, 134, 104810 (2021)

doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104810

Discrimination between freshwater and marine fish using fatty acids: ecological implications and future perspectives

Parzanini, C., Colombo, S., Kainz, M., Wacker, A., Parrish, C., & Arts, M.

Environmental Reviews, 28(4), 546–559 (2020)

doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0031

Implementation of Trade Regulations on Fisheries to Prevent Fish Laundry in Indonesia

Putranti, I.

Jurnal Hukum Ius Quia Iustum, 25(1), 1–23 (2018)

doi.org/10.20885/iustum.vol25.iss1.art1

Food Crime: A Review of the UK Institutional Perception of Illicit Practices in the Food Sector

Rizzuti, A.

Social Sciences, 9(7), 112 (2020)

doi.org/10.3390/socsci9070112

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