Tracking fish from boat to grocery cart

Oregon State University helped develop a barcode scanning system that tells consumers where fish came from, who caught it, and when. OSU's Jeff Feldner, a fisheries educator with Oregon Sea Grant Extension, explains how shoppers can use a barcode scanner to track where fish came from. Read the full story here: http://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/winter-2014/comes/fish-trax-suppo…

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