This document provides information comparing wild salmon and farmed salmon. It summarizes that wild salmon is caught in natural environments where they eat natural foods, while farmed salmon are densely packed and fed unnatural high-fat, high-protein diets. Farmed salmon may contain higher levels of contaminants like antibiotics, chemicals, and dioxins compared to wild salmon due to the farming conditions. The document also notes that while both wild and farmed salmon provide nutrition benefits, wild salmon generally has fewer calories and less saturated fat than farmed salmon.

2. Salmon is
prized for its
health
benefits.
Salmon is one of the most nutritious foods on
the planet.​ This fatty fish is loaded with
omega-3 fatty acids, which most people don't
get enough of.
Eating fatty fish, such as salmon every week
has health benefits. The 2015–2020 American
Dietary Guidelines recommend eating 8 oz
minimum of seafood per week.
Salmon is one of the best sources of the
long-chain Omega3, EPA and DHA. ​

3. Not all
salmon is
created
equal.
It can be soo confusing going to the grocery
store. Which bread do you buy? Cage-free,
hormone free, gluten free, sugar free, low fat,
organic, low sodium, natural, no trans fat,
naturally sweetened, whole grains and so on..
Wild salmon is caught in natural environments
such as oceans, rivers and lakes, they live,
and eat foods from their natural environment,
such as krill, crabs, plankton, and shrimp.

4. More…
Half of the salmon sold worldwide comes from fish farms,
which use a process known as aquaculture to breed fish
for human consumption
Farmed salmon are kept in netted pens, control breeding,
and fed high fat, high protein diets to increase their size
rapidly. The densely packed nature of a fish farm can breed
a lot of sickness and other issues. The more salmon that
are packed into the small quarters, the more risk for
parasites and disease to spread. ​
Overfishing of the world's fish stocks has led to an
increase in fish farming. Fish farming also keeps the price
of fish lower.

5. The
nutritional
differences
between wild
and farmed
salmon can
be significant.

6. Wild salmon
gets the edge
for having
fewer
calories and
less
saturated fat.
Wild salmon contains more minerals. Farmed
salmon is higher in vitamin C, saturated fat,
polyunsaturated fatty acids and calories.
Most Americans consume WAY too much
omega-6, and are in need of higher Omega 3,
the Wild Salmon is again a much better
option.

7. Antibiotics
Fish farmers sometimes give the salmon
antibiotics and other drugs to keep them
in good health. Some have concerns that
the use of antibiotics could increase
human antibiotic resistance or other
health risks. Some of Canada’s largest
fish farms have even been reducing their
antibiotic use in recent years​.

8. "Color Added"
Ever read the label on farmed fish? "Color added" means that the salmon were
given a feed which contains a pigment called astaxanthin. When the feed is
digested, the astaxanthin is absorbed into the fish's flesh giving the fillets or
steaks a reddish or 'salmon' color. In the wild, salmon get astaxanthin through
their diets, which consist of plankton and small fish. Farmed salmon get
astaxanthin in their feeds as an added dietary supplement, hence the use of the
phrase "color added".​

9. Contaminants Another particularly alarming contaminant found in
farm-raised salmon is polychlorinated biphenyls a chemical
used in paint and plastics. The levels of PCBs were nearly
10 times higher in farmed fish than wild-caught fish​.
Farmed salmon may contain higher amounts of
contaminants than wild salmon. ​When you eat fish, you’re
also consuming all of the pollutants the fish is exposed to.
Dioxins, is just one concern, they are a type of toxin that’s
commonly released by incinerating trash. Dioxins are
stored in the fat tissue of animals, which is why 90 percent
of human dioxin exposure is through food. While small
amounts of dioxins are found in wild salmon, research
indicates that dioxin compounds are found in higher
concentrations in farmed salmon than wild-caught salmon​. ​

10. Environmental Impact
There are concerns about environmental
impact. However, these are just as likely to
apply to wild as to farmed fish. Wild-caught
fish are sometimes harvested using
practices that do a lot of collateral damage
to the ecosystem and other fish.
Fish-farming practices, in the other hand,
can pollute the water and threaten local
flora and fauna.

11. Salmon is
still ​the most
nutritious
foods on the
planet
Eating either type of salmon will benefit you.
In the end, Americans just don’t eat nearly
enough fish and when they do, it is usually
some unknown white fish molded in a can,
battered, or fried. If you look at Americans’ top
protein sources, fish shows up 11th on the
list. Bread ranks fifth. Americans get more
protein in their diets from bread than fish. So
you are better off eating quality farm-raised
salmon than no salmon at all.

12. If given the choice..
If you eat salmon more than twice a week,
then it may be worth purchasing wild salmon.
Depending on your health and fitness goals
the farmed may contain more calories than you
realized and might affect your outcome. Hope
this helps make a difference in your decision to
buy salmon if you have both options are
presented to you.

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