In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> It takes three pounds of wild fish to grow a
> pound of farmed salmon.

And what do wild salmon eat?
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In article .com>,
Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

> > Also, I don't remember who mentioned using the color of the salmon to
> > judge its' freshness, but "farm raised" salmon are fed supplements to
> > enhance the color of the flesh
>
> Fine. So are hens to enhance the color of their eggs.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

And nutritional value...

Can't help but wonder if the "Wild Salmon" fanatics eat all wild meat.
No farm raised eggs, chickens, beef or pork?

Farming has an environmental impact, granted, but so does killing wild
animals, and living in general.

Unless you compost all of your personal waste, think "landfills" and
wastewater processing.

It's not possible to live without having an impact on the environment.

Me? I'll go with what is cheaper and tastes better. Farmed Salmon tastes
better than wild, and I'm not killing a wild animal.
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Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Aug 1, 6:39 pm, Kathleen > wrote:
>
>>Omelet wrote:
>>
>>>In article .com>,
>>> Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
>>
>>>>I prefer farmed to wild salmon. The taste is much milder, and that's
>>>>what I
>>>>like. And here in the Midwest, it's half the price of wild. A win-
>>>>win for me.
>>
>>>>Cindy Hamilton
>>
>>>Finally... Someone that feels the same way I do. :-)
>>
>>>I never have liked the taste of "wild" Salmon!
>>
>>>It seems harsh and Metallic.
>>
>>>Probably all that lead.
>>
>>http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatc...et.aspx?gid=17
>>
>>I don't buy farm-raised salmon at all any more. Do you realize that
>>they're fed on wild fish? It takes three pounds of wild fish to grow a
>>pound of farmed salmon.
>
>
> It probably takes more than three pounds of wild fish to grow a pound
> of wild salmon, given that they have to work hard to get it. You
> can't
> fight thermodynamics.

There are a lot of other health and environmental issues involved in
salmon farming, enough that if wild salmon were consuming as much or
more wild fish, i still wouldn't choose to eat the farm raised stuff.

>>Also, I don't remember who mentioned using the color of the salmon to
>>judge its' freshness, but "farm raised" salmon are fed supplements to
>>enhance the color of the flesh
>
>
> Fine. So are hens to enhance the color of their eggs.

Yup. Beta carotene, iirc. I also remember touring Purina Farms many
moons ago, and being shown raw eggs that had colored yolks, vivid red,
blue, green, due to additives in their food. That part of the tour no
longer exists, btw. Turns out the stuff they were feeding the hens
wasn't really all that good for them. But I digress.

My point was, that color alone is no way to judge the relative freshness
of salmon.