Australian Fish Names Standard

About Fish Names The Australian Fish Names Standard AS 5300: a voluntary Standard (except export), to be utilised as an Australian industry best practice guide throughout the whole supply chain from primary producer (wild harvest or aquaculture), through to retailers and restaurants, including imported seafood; mandatory use for meeting export requirements and documentation, as referenced in. The Food Standards Code does not define names for fish. The seafood industry has worked with Standards Australia to develop an Australian Fish Names Standard which provides guidance on standard fish names to be used in Australia.

You can purchase electronic or hard copies of the standard (AS -SSA 5300) from the SAI Global website. The Standard, developed by the Fish Names Committee, resulted from extensive consultation and consensus among a wide range of stakeholders, including several of the world's leading fish taxonomists. This list aims to greatly improve seafood marketing in Australia.

The Australian Fish Names Standard AS SSA 5300: was developed by the Australian Fish Names Committee prescribes a standard fish name for each species of fish produced for trade in Australia includes over 4000 Australian and imported species The Standard specifies that: fish sold to consumers (e.g. retail sales and restaurants) must be identified by their standard fish name fish sold other than. The Australian Fish Names Standard includes agreed names for over 600 commercially important domestic and imported species of fish, and over 5,000 other domestic finfish, crustacean, molluscan shellfish, and other invertebrates.

Australian Fish Names Standard This Australian Standard® was prepared by Seafood Services Australia Limited. As an accredited Standards Development Organization, Seafood Services Australia Limited develops and publishes seafood standards. The Standard was endorsed on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 16 July 2007.

Australian Fish Names Standard This Australian Standard ® was prepared by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Fish Names Committee, the Standards Reference Body responsible for the technical content of the Australian Fish Names Standard. The development and maintenance of this standard is the responsibility of the Fish Names Committee and comprises representatives from key seafood industry stakeholders (seafood producers, marketers, retailers, wholesalers, restaurants, seafood processors and importers), government and world's best fisheries taxonomists and fisheries scientists. Use of standard fish names in Australia, as defined in this Standard developed by the Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC), achieves outcomes that are consistent with the aims of industry and governments:- Improved monitoring and stock assessment enhance the sustainability of fisheries resources.