Wild versus farmed salmon (video)

by Stephen Hui on March 3rd, 2014 at 11:46 AM

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Environmentalist and biologist Alexandra Morton is one of the loudest voices in the fight against open-net fish farming on the B.C. coast.

Morton recently posted this video showing what happens when wild Pacific salmon and farmed Atlantic salmon are cooked side by side.

The obvious difference? The fat content.

That's not all. On her blog, Morton says there's other health risks.

Comments

7 Comments

Twyla Roscovich

Mar 3, 2014 at 6:46pm

for more films on this issue and Alex's work visit SalmonConfidential.ca

Annie Paddle

Mar 3, 2014 at 10:41pm

For more on Twyla's work visit http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=278

Laurie Watt

Mar 3, 2014 at 10:48pm

Salmon feedlots raising farmed Atlantic salmon in BC ocean waters are killing our wild salmon. The salmon feedlot industry is unsustainable and full of diseases brought here from Norway - no-one should ever buy or consume feedlot (farmed) salmon!

Just a girl

Mar 4, 2014 at 6:54am

Just wondering if you compared wild Atlantic to farmed Atlantic as Atlantics do have a higher fat content then most other salmon, especially when compared to Sockeye - apples to apples people!

factsarefun

Mar 4, 2014 at 9:20am

for some farmed fish facts: http://actforaquaculture.ca/read/#filter=*

Stephen Hui

Mar 4, 2014 at 11:21am

The BC Salmon Farmers Association has issued a response to Alexandra Morton's "Guide to Safe Salmon": http://www.salmonfarmers.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_salmon_correct...

NotBuyin'It

Mar 5, 2014 at 9:45am

This video, that is.
I've cooked farmed salmon a number of times and have never seen anyhting like this happen.
This video is absurd.
How far do some people feel they need to go in order to bash a product they don't like?