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Farmed or wild salmon?


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Either way we shouldn't eat too much of them.


FSA guidelines recommend only 2-3 portions (of any oily fish) a week because of dioxins in the fish (wild or farmed) caused by industrial pollution. Oily fish attract/absorb much more of this poison than non-oily fish which is safer to eat in greater amounts.

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Health-wise: Wild Salmon. Farmed salmon has quite a few issues regarding fish health.


Environmental wise... a bit of a conundrum. Wild stocks can obviously only handle so much fishing, but farming's impact on the environment can be pretty big itself.

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Then you've got to factor in the fact that fish farms support communities, in often remote parts of the country, with good jobs.


However, that is then counteracted (possibly) by the fact that farmed salmon has undercut wild salmon to such an extent that it has become uneconomical to fish and put fisherman out of business.


Veeeery tricky and emotive subject.

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In the context of overfishing (such that wild fish populations for many species are close to collapse), alongside an ever increasing demand for fish, then fish farming is surely the "sustainable" solution. Farmed salmon has a number of significant issues eg disease, pollution, welfare and impact on wild fish stocks, but assuming that these can be addressed via strict legislation (as per land-based farming) then it is the way forward. An interesting side-angle is around looking at alternatives to sea-fish - most fresh water fisheries (trout, course) are managed for sport, although historically most medieval monastries/estates would have had a carp pond for eating.
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