Worried about the future of wild-caught salmon?
Land-based farmed salmon could be part of the solution.
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Americans love salmon.
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Its readily available fresh, frozen and canned.
Whole sides of salmon lacquered in a sticky glaze make for a showstopping entree.
Smaller portions cook up fast, making salmon a go-to protein for weeknight meals.
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And canned salmon is a healthy convenience item for adding to salads and turning into salmon cakes.
Plus, salmon isone of the best food sources of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Pacific and Atlantic salmoncannotbreed with each other.)
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Both types of salmon can be farmed, but Pacific salmon is more commonly wild-caught.
In fact, 70% of the salmon produced around the world is farmed.Why does that matter?
That depends on the kind of salmon farm youre buying from.
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Indoors and nowhere near the ocean, for instance, like in Wisconsin.
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Superior Fresh opened its doors in Hixton, Wisconsin, in 2017.
So it’s a total closed loop system.
I think they probably both have to exist, he said.
Instead, he looks at farming salmon as a way to solve the problem of overfishing.
We consider ourselves the solution to people that have concerns about eating [net-pen] farmed fish.
Farmed salmon tends to be fattier,so it also has marginally more omega-3s.
But not all farmed fish are created equal.
And since the wild salmon population cant support our demand, farming is likely the wave of the future.
As is the case whenever your goal is a good-for-you meal, reading labels is crucial.
In that case, doing a little research cant hurt.
And if you prefer to buy wild-caught salmon, almost all wild-caught Pacific salmon is good.
He admitted that he very rarely eats salmon, but when he does, its wild-caught from Alaska.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.Sustainable salmon guide.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.Manage pollution & disease.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.Recommendation: Atlantic salmon.
