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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best is wild caught Alaskan king salmon but it’s very hard to get, expensive, and not great from a sustainability standpoint. For a while I was getting the Whole Foods Atlantic farmed salmon, which is raised fairly sustainably, but lately it’s been disappointing. Honestly, I’ve stopped eating much salmon. I’m with you on taste and it’s just hard to find salmon I like the taste of and can feel good about eating from a food ethics perspective. [/quote]

I’d like to flag this comment (not officially, but I think there are some factual errors).

The Alaska salmon fishery is among the best managed in the world. The MSC has certified it as sustainable. The salmon fisheries support subsistence communities as well as commercial fisher people. So, from a ‘sustainability’ perspective, no, Alaskan king is not problematic. It would be if it was overfished. But it absolutely is not, at this time.

And Farmed salmon, while improving in sustainability, is hugely problematic. Fish escape and spread diseases to other fish populations. The nutritional value of the fish is much lower than wild stock fish. Practices *are* improving but a typical fillet of wild Alaskan king is going to be healthier for you and the earth than a filet of farmed fish.

Anyway: to OPs question… wild Alaska king tastes the nicest but it is expensive. I don’t eat farmed salmon.

— Alaskan, with no stake in the fishing industry [/quote]

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