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A TV chef fried a fish on the endangered species list on an Austrian show.
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The Frauennerfling, or pigo, has been listed as "in danger" by the IUCN since 2013.
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Both the chef and the broadcaster, ORF, have apologized for the incident.
An Austrian broadcaster that featured a segment where a chef fried an endangered species of fish has been forced to apologize following a series of complaints, French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported, via Barron's.
During the show, which went out last week, the chef whipped up a dish of potato salad with fish fritters, per the report.
But the broadcaster, ORF, was soon hit by complaints from anglers after they discovered the fish used in the dish was the endangered Frauennerfling, a near-extinct species, AFP reported.
The Frauennerfling, also known as the pigo or by the scientific name of Rutilus pigus, is a species of fish native to Italy and Switzerland.
It has been listed as "in danger" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature since 2013.
"This is an extremely sad incident I have not come across in my career yet," Gregor Gravogl, the director of Lower Austria's fishery association, told AFP.
The chef involved in the incident said it occurred due to "a chain of unfortunate events" that began when he "asked a friend to get him some fish" after he was asked to appear on the show at the last minute.
"I trusted my friend who had a licence to fish a related species and thought that also includes this fish," he said, adding that he was "terribly sorry."
ORF also apologized for "cooking a fish which is protected all year round," claiming it had had "different information," the report said.
The recipe is still available on the ORF website, although it now just says to include "fish fillet," but "preferably from a fisherman you trust."
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