Updates to the CFIA Fish List

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added or modified the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List:

Acipenser schrenckii
Encrasicholina devisi
Encrasicholina heteroloba 
Encrasicholina punctifer 
Holothuria mexicana
Holothuria poli
Holothuria tubulosa
Hyas araneus
Lutraria lutraria
Pangasius hypophthalmus
Paralichthys californicus
Paranthias furcifer
Upeneus spp.

Also note - the fish species Theragra chalcogramma has been updated to Gadus chalcogrammus.

The list of acceptable common names for fish can be found at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/fish-and-seafood/product-inspection/fis...

All requests are processed in accordance with the Guidance on Determining the Common Names for Fish Sold or Processed in Canada, found at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/fish-and-seafood/product-inspection/fis...