Atlantic Salmon - Salmon salar
King Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Salmon of all species has be proven to be one of the best fish you can eat for taste and your health. Many studies have shown that the high omega-3 polyunsaturated fats in salmon contribute to reduction in heart disease, Alzheimer, diabetes, dry eyes among other benefits.
There seems to be confusion about the risks of mercury, PCBs and more. Salmon is one of the best all around choices. Here is a link to recent study from the Harvard School of Public Health that is definitely worth reading.
This time of year fresh salmon choices are limited to farmed fish. The wild salmon won't start to become available until about April when we start seeing wild King salmon, white and red. Farm fish tend to be milder than their wild counterparts but are equally good for you. In a sushi restaurant the salmon you are eating is almost always farmed Atlantic salmon. We cut all our salmon from whole fish that we receive every day (except Sundays) which means the best quality fish you can buy.
Aquacultured fish are providing almost up to 45% of the seafood that we consume in the world. It will grow to more as demand increases and wild stocks are more vigorously managed. The farming industry is continually trying to improve its methods to bring the best product to market. Here is a quote from a salmon farmer in Canada
"I think there's definitely there is a lot of hype going on. I think this is a relatively new business that we are in, farming salmon in the beautiful British Columbia. And as we sometimes joke about, there's a price for doing business in paradise. But I think there's a huge need for the public at large to get a better understanding of what salmon farming is all about. I think if people had a better understanding of that, the controversy would to a large extent go away. We are producing a wonderful product in an environmentally safe manner and that's what we need to educate people about".
"I've been farming salmon in British Columbia for 17 years. The modern farm like this here is typical for the industry in British Columbia: 12 cages about 100'x100', very heavy, very strong net, engineered anchoring, strict and routine environment monitoring, underwater cameras to make sure you don't waste any feed that goes through the pens. We have better feeds, which results in more of the feed being digested by the fish itself, so again there is less waste going through the pens as well. So the industry has come a long way in the last 5 years there's been, I think, more improvements on a technical side than what we've seen in the past. What you see here today is a well run, well managed farm, environmentally safe and producing a wonderful product".
"And yes, there are a lot of things to be learned about aquaculture as well and I think that's where we in British Columbia have been good at adapting a regulatory program, which is based on a principle of adaptive management. You learn as you go and you change course as you gain experience". Odd Grydelandd, Director of BC Salmon Farmers Association based in Campbell River, BC.
On Special February 1st thru 10th
Atlantic Salmon - Regular Price: 14.00 per pound
Special Price: $12.00
King Salmon - Regular Price: $20.00 per pound
Special Price: $18.00 per pound
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