Ocean Farm raised fish for consumption

Local grocery store has Norwegian "Ocean Farmed Raised" salmon on sale. They claim No Gmo's, No antibiotics, no added growth hormone. I have a hard time eating fish raised in indoor tanks with the thought of them swimming around in their own.....you get the idea. :lol: Anyone have any real experience with this or thoughts? My limited thinking is that if they are in the ocean, the water is cleaner because of the way the tides come in and out.....Am I nuts? :LOL2:

https://fromnorway.com/en-us/

you're not nuts. this is a becoming a common practice in growing tuna. at the least they arent swimming around in their own funk.

Never thought of it.

If we thought about things like that, i'd never eat Italian Sausage again???

richg99 said:

Never thought of it.

If we thought about things like that, i'd never eat Italian Sausage again???

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:LOL2:

You would think.
But then there's..........
Farmed Norwegian Salmon World's Most Toxic Food - YouTube

Archie9283 said:

You would think.
But then there's..........
Farmed Norwegian Salmon World's Most Toxic Food - YouTube

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OMG! :LOL2:

No fish for me, Im good.

We eat quite a bit of salmon. Getting the wild caught is pricey. We walk right past the Atlantic Salmon. Around here at least if it says "Atlantic Salmon" it is farmed. We also avoid any fish imported from Asia. And finally, I personally just have this thing about catfish whether wild caught or not.

I wish they could remedy the chemical issues with the farmed fish as we would all benefit.

I believe that the current solution is to put Tilapia into ponds. It seems that Tilapia rarely feed on living things. They eat weeds and other "items" on the bottom.

Then, they package the Tilapia and sell it in restaurants around here. UGHHHH. Neither my wife nor I will order it.

Now, I just spoiled Lent for a bunch of us.

Ha Ha rich

If you get the chance, compare two cuts side by side, farm raised is always different then wild caught, color for sure, texture is different too. I don't eat fish but my wife told me, if I ever brought home farm raised again she'd pawn my boat.

up here in bc they farm multiple tons of atlantic salmon in ocean pens.been doing it for years .i've never eaten it.i can step out my front door and catch wild pacific sockeye,chinook,coho,pink,kokanee and every type of trout you can think of. you couldn't pay me enough to eat farmed salmon.mussels and oysters are another matter.

BCBuoy.



OK, I am officially jealous.

richg99 said:

BCBuoy.



OK, I am officially jealous.

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That makes two of us.

yeah.it's an embarrasment of riches when it comes to fishing in my area.last fall i even caught my biggest sturgeon to date,just a hair over 7 feet.what a battle that was.we spent all of august fishing for 20 plus pound lake char.that was a real hoot.i tried catching the bass bug a few years back,but it just doesn't stack up to the other species available to us as far as sport fish go.you guys would love the different strains of rainbow trout here.some love to jump,some love to run,others pull like a freight train.different lake,different strain.lots of af3n strains that grow to incredible sizes within a couple years,thenyou have the gerrard strain that look like small salmon.

If I fly up there some time during the summer, will you take me fishing for a day or two?

hell yes.

Crazyboat said:

If you get the chance, compare two cuts side by side, farm raised is always different then wild caught, color for sure, texture is different too. I don't eat fish but my wife told me, if I ever brought home farm raised again she'd pawn my boat.

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:LOL2:

richg99 said:

BCBuoy.



OK, I am officially jealous.

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me too! :lol:

richg99 said:

If I fly up there some time during the summer, will you take me fishing for a day or two?

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Road trip! I want in on this! :lol:

Jim said:

richg99 said:

If I fly up there some time during the summer, will you take me fishing for a day or two?

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Road trip! I want in on this! :lol:

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Get your passports current! :LOL2:

LDUBS said:

We eat quite a bit of salmon. Getting the wild caught is pricey. We walk right past the Atlantic Salmon. Around here at least if it says "Atlantic Salmon" it is farmed. We also avoid any fish imported from Asia. And finally, I personally just have this thing about catfish whether wild caught or not.

I wish they could remedy the chemical issues with the farmed fish as we would all benefit.

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Unfortunately around my area catfish is the most readily available to catch fish for table fair. I tend to eat a decent amount of it along with crappie, bluegill, and some wipers or sauger mixed in too. No trout or salmon waters near me in the middle of the nation. Unfortunately it doesn't matter a whole lot what water way around me I catch fish they all have fda warnings for consumption amounts due to pollutant or heavy metal levels in the fish. This all goes back to we've polluted the crap out of waters from the start of the industrial revolution till we finally started cleaning up our act with clean water clean air act. How many years later since we started protecting the waters and environment more strictly, and still pollutants are an issue despite stringent regulations on water ways now. I'd love to live somewhere further northwest where salmon abound.