According to the BBC, the decision follows a report in May by state media outlet CCTV, which revealed that a third of the fish sold as salmon in China was in fact farmed rainbow trout from Qinghai province.
This prompted a backlash from consumers in China, as a result, The China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance has announced that, to standardise the industry, salmon was now considered to be the "umbrella name” for all salmonids.
