Organic Salmon Farm Reared

[smurfchops]

Just treated myself to a slice of what I thought was healthy Scottish Isles Organic Salmon... However the label also says Farm Reared. How can organic salmon be farm reared??

[Jomlett]

You've never heard of a fish farm?

[Baldric]

Have a read

http://www.glenarmorganicsalmon.com/

Did you want Free Range?

[Canary42]

The term "organic" has strict meaning within a farming environment, e.g. absence of pesticides etc.

You are confusing the term with "wild".

[EcclesCake]

It is the only way you can be assured it is organic. How do you know what wild fish have eaten?

[Baldric]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_aquaculture

[alavahalf]

Because they are organically reared in pens in the sea ... http://www.farmedanddangerous.org/salmon-farming-problems/what-is-salmon-farming/

[Retrochic]

So many people equate Organic with wild or free range -it has nothing to do with it. Wild salmon are often riddled with worms and exposed to all sorts of pollutants so I would always opt for farmed salmon given a choice. Organic means the animal has not been treated with nor consumed anything treated with chemicals, though can have had plant based medication.

[smurfchops]

Thanks Retrochic, now I understand.

[smurfchops]

I have tried wild salmon but it has a completely different taste, I didnt like it.

[Retrochic]

divebuddy -that's why 'organic' isn't that good for you when it comes to animal and fish products - no parasitic control.I would have thought on a normal fish farm they would be controlling parasites from the start via the food

[alavahalf]

Have to agree about wild salmon re. taste .. I've have been out in an open boat and set nets off Malin Head. We caught about 200 salmon that night.
The following morning we had salmon and scrambled egg for breakfast and I will never forget it.
Ever since then I have eaten salmon on various occasions .. it has never come close taste wise.
Salmon in pens cant feed naturally so they are fattened up on fishmeal pellets. This directly affects the taste .. badly !

[Retrochic]

alavahalf - any fish eaten within hours of being caught will taste better than shop bought.

[jomifl]

/Organic means the animal has not been treated with nor consumed anything treated with chemicals./
no chemicals...really tell me more.

[jomifl]

Farmed fish swim around in water full of salmon excrement...

[Chipchopper]

I always opt for Alaskan wild salmon, its much darker in colour and the taste is far superior in my opinion.

I'm gonna try salmon in teriaki at the weekend.