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Grouper... or Not?

As if you needed another reason not to eat grouper (besides overfishing and high mercury levels) - the St. Pete Times ordered 11 grouper dishes in restaurants all over Tampa/St. Pete, and only 5 were actually grouper.

Seriously. And this isn't just at cheap dives - one of the dishes was a $23 champagne-braised "grouper."

Most of the nation's grouper supply comes from Florida's gulf coast, FYI. It's one of the most popular fish down here, and rightly so, but it's definitely an industry in trouble (Here's more on grouper from the St. Pete Times).

p.s. The NYT has a really thoughtful and succinct piece on what's up with fisheries. Filing this one under "useful things to send to people when they ask why they shouldn't be eating that tuna."