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The Ethical Gourmet
Jay Weinstein

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Joan, August 10, 2006

I'm just concerned about the suggestion made to eat farm-raised vs. wild salmon. Of course, fish depletion is a real problem that requires attention. But farm-raised salmon isn't the answer. Farm-raised Atlantic salmon, in particular, has a high level of arachidonic acid (fatty acid found in animals), which if too high leads to all kinds of inflammatory diseases. In wild fish, the Omega-3s kind of balance it out. Canned and Coho salmon (either wild or raised) is better for you.

I've sort of taken another way out -- I don't eat sea fish. I live in the midwest, so we fish out of our pond, which we've stocked with indigenous varieties (we don't feed them prepared fish kibble). They probably aren't as healthy as salmon, but I'm avoiding nasty farmed fish and also not playing a part in overfishing natural sea fish, either. Many people who have fish ponds have stocked them using their local water conservation district supplies. If so, you can ask for permission, and they have to let people fish. The restrictions are that they can name specified times, or a list of specified people. Ask around. Also, if you're lucky enough to live near a protected clean river, often you can fish there safely. We're lucky enough to have such a river nearby with a lot of trout (it's stocked regularly). Good exercise, and good fish.

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