Is Your Salmon Farmed or Wild? By Cheryl Koch, M.S., R.D. - Posted Mon, Jan 22, 2007, 9:43 pm PST

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 2:47 am PST

i love fish,that's very good news to know.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 7:03 am PST

In canned salmon, how do you know what's wild and what's farm-raised?

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 9:32 am PST

I'd bet that canned salmon is farm fresh. Try a visit to a coastal town where they actually send fishing boats out to sea. Pick up some expensive salmon and taste the difference.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 11:30 am PST

Farmed fish is the best thing since sliced bread for those on limited budgets. I lived in Alaska for ten years and ate lots of fresh and farmed salmon. Unless the salmon is cooked fresh the difference in taste isn't great, especially if its smoked which most Alaska wild salmon that the locals eat is. I can't wait until the debate about farmed or wild fish is as relevant as the debate about farmed or wild poultry, beef and pork.

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 11:31 am PST

Farmed fish is the best thing since sliced bread for those on limited budgets. I lived in Alaska for ten years and ate lots of fresh and farmed salmon. Unless the salmon is cooked fresh the difference in taste isn't great, especially if its smoked which most Alaska wild salmon that the locals eat is. I can't wait until the debate about farmed or wild fish is as relevant as the debate about farmed or wild poultry, beef and pork.

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 2:02 pm PST

As the population of the earth grows out of proportion the farming of fish and seafood will become even more necessary to keep from depleting all the species from natural waters. I've never done a taste test between wild and farmed salmon, but the fact that it is farm raised means that it is plentiful enough in grocerie stores that I can buy it when I want it.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 2:22 pm PST

Since the report about the high PCB levels in farm raised salmon, our family doesn't eat it. We only eat "wild" salmon, even if that means we eat it less often. Just our personal choice.

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 2:23 pm PST

Since the report about the high PCB levels in farm raised salmon, our family doesn't eat it. We only eat "wild" salmon, even if that means we eat it less often. Just our personal choice.

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 2:23 pm PST

Since the report about the high PCB levels in farm raised salmon, our family doesn't eat it. We only eat "wild" salmon, even if that means we eat it less often. Just our personal choice.

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jan 23, 2007, 9:12 pm PST

in addition to PCBs you're usually getting anti-biotics and other stuff too. From a health perspective, wild is almost always multiples better than farmed, irrespective of whether or not it is considered a relevant or pressing argument.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 6:54 am PST

on the label -- it will say on Demings or Trader Joe brand -- both Alaskan wild (plus I called Deming's corp to verify it is wild)

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 11:10 am PST

also-farm raised fish contains much less of the healthy omega oils.

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

also-farm raised fish contains much less of the healthy omega oils.

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 11:13 am PST

also-farm raised fish contains much less of the healthy omega oils.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 11:13 am PST

also-farm raised fish contains much less of the healthy omega oils.

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