16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 11:52 am PST

The health issues (PCBs,antibiotics) are most assuredly prevalent in farm raised salmon. However in order to feed the ever increasing earth population, farm raising of fish is the only way to fulfill the demand. As it is, the depletion of natural, wild salmon and most other species of fish is a severe and critical problem. Wild stocks of salmon are at an all time low and the taking of these salmon needs to be carefully regulated. Overseeing of farm raised fish is also important to assure that we (humans)are eating a healthy product.

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17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 8:30 pm PST

Norway reported this about 2 years ago. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article861693.ece What is even more alarming is how stores can get away selling farmed salmon as "wild salmon". http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F1EFC3E5A0C738DDDAD0894DD404482

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18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jan 25, 2007, 2:06 pm PST

stop killing more wildlife and eat farm raised fish. The difference is not that much. If you wants to be healthy, then eat farm raised fish and get off your but and run a mile

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19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 26, 2007, 4:02 am PST

For the poor, the debate isn't between farmed or wild, it's between farmed fish or no fish; farmed fish or hot dogs, farmed fish or cold cuts, farmed fish or sausage. Please eat fish, wild if you can afford it but support the right to farm fish for those of us that want fish but aren't affluent.

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20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 26, 2007, 4:39 am PST

For the poor, the debate isn't between farmed or wild, it's between farmed fish or no fish; farmed fish or hot dogs, farmed fish or cold cuts, farmed fish or sausage. Please eat fish, wild if you can afford it but support the right to farm fish for those of us that want fish but aren't affluent.

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21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 26, 2007, 1:57 pm PST

ALL canned salmon is WILD (easy to process at sea). While I don't care for it as much as a WILD salmon fillet (especially Copper River), I'll still choose canned over farmed. I hate the fact they use the term "Atlantic"...makes you THINK it's wild just by the tricky name.

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22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 4:40 pm PST

I love how articles like these can sometimes provide misleading information to those who do not know better. All the negative attention farm fish have been given is unjust. People say farm has more PCB and its bad for you, where is your research to back up your claims. If you look at scientific journal articles you'll discover the claims are actually reversed. Wild fish would ahve higher mercury and PCB than farm because what the fish is fed is carefully monintored in the form of fish food. You don't know what your wild fish have consumed and what those fishes have consumed. I think its time to get some of the facts straight so fish farms aren't bashed as much as they are. This debate would occur everything something is cultivated....think about chickens, pigs, beef do you think they are what they originally were? we don't think about it because we cannot remember when they became domesticated.

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23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 4:45 pm PST

From a green perspective, there is still a need to keep our ocean fish population healthy. Humanity has devoured fishing habitats by overfishing. There is a possibility that the fishing industry and government will use the health argument to boost quantitative quota numbers. Again, boosting the amount of salmon that is harvested by fishing vessels will further deplete the total number of wild fish. Perhaps, like cattle the answer is to harvest a certain percent of the annual population and place those in ocean farms where the salmon can feed without interference from us until we kill and eat them. Yum-Yum.

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24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 5:06 pm PST

I dont agree with this article,Im a fish Monger for a large grocery chain,and our suppliers insure our Salmon is safe to eat.As far as you saying that the salmon is kept in nets you ae very wrong.They are kept in large clyinder tanks.

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25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 5:23 pm PST

marq541, contrary to what you may think, the best way to ensure that wild salmon, which are better for you and an integral part of the ecosystems in which they live and spawn, remain in the wild is actually to buy WILD salmon. By ensuring there is a strong market for wild salmon, their habitats are more likely to be preserved and monitored to protect commercial fishing interests. The surge in farmed salmon consumption has already and will continue to threaten destruction of wild salmon habitats. In short, buy wild salmon - its healthier for you and for the planet.

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26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 6:15 pm PST

Maybe there should be some sort of testing on people who live in areas where wild salmon is thier main source of salmon, like in Fairbanks, AK. Then test people who largely eat farmed salmon. See if there is a higher instance of cancer or other diseases that seem to be related to salmon consumption. Maybe a good project for a researcher.

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27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 6:35 pm PST

Farmed salmon sometimes has 2 heads, 2 jaws, 1 eye,tails here and there I have seen it all. So eat up I will pass.

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28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 6:35 pm PST

well, it's all part of our "civilized” and increasing population; think about cows and chicken, waaaaaay back in the days, when you had the same options "farmed of wild", what could you have guessed it was better?

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29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 7:00 pm PST

This is good to hear. The chemicals used in farming salmon are horrible for the enviornment - to the point that Farmed or Atlantic Salmon are in the "Avoid" column of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood watch, while Alaskan Wild-caught salmon is in the "Best Choices." I love salmon but I am an enviornmental person and it's hard to find anything but Atlantic farmed salmon in my area. Hopefully this added information will encourage more resturants and fish markets to carry wild salmon.

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30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 28, 2007, 7:55 pm PST

I saw someone mention Trader Joe's. This place is WONDERFUL for fresh and frozen anything! They're prices are very fair, always have much to choose from, though I don't share their political views (that is my only challenge in shopping there.) They have a great choice for any diet or non-diet, and their wines are great. The fish (and other meats) they offer comes in vacuum sealed bags, so the hard part's been done for you. For sure a good choice for the wild salmon. I moved to Texas from California, and miss them desperately!!! :(

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