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- jeru48, on 08/16/2008, -1/+20Direct from the story --- "First of all, they’re fed god knows what and taste blander than their wild counterparts. Second, they boast 10X the PCBs. But that’s not all, because of the floating pens the spread parasites and diseases to the ocean and other fish. Meanwhile, the Atlantic wild salmon is almost gone – literally. Wild Pacific Salmon taste good. Eat those instead. You’re paying for a privilege of healthier oceans and food."
Sounds good enough to me. This can also be substantiated in books like the Omnivore's Dilemma, etc. - BoneheadFarker, on 08/16/2008, -1/+11Personally, I find farmed fish to be less flavourable then wild fish. It's mostly due to the difference in diet. But I doubt there are more chemicals given to farmed fish then the rest of the commercial livestock we eat.
- brentinkc, on 08/15/2008, -2/+12Ahh mercury; sweetest of the transition metals.
- highlymodified, on 08/16/2008, -2/+10sigh,
While I agree, and the public fear of the term "chemicals" is ridiculous, the synthetic or inappropriately-used substances in various food industries, the "chemicals" people are always referring to, almost always have unexpected health and ecological consequences.
Pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, hormones, antibiotics, biologically altered organisms, water treatment, sterilizing treatment, and other random-ass chemicals that work their way up the food chain (like mercury in fish) wouldn't necessarily ***** you up too badly themselves...but keep in mind that EVERYTHING you eat, wash your clothes/plates with, drink, and even breathe goes through these systems.
It is perfectly logical to want to avoid as many crazy additives as possible, being that we're exposed to so many without our knowledge regardless. - AndyStitzer, on 08/15/2008, -0/+8What about crab?
- Oxygen, on 08/16/2008, -3/+11Buried for submitting your own Blog.
- inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+7I eat endangered baby seal that I clubbed to death myself.
- wezults, on 08/15/2008, -1/+7Darn, the whole avoid list is good eatin.
- FTLJohnson, on 08/16/2008, -5/+11The easiest way to know whether an article should be trusted - If it says something statistically untrue within the first paragraph.
"However, nothing is simple anymore. Kids can’t even walk without a helmet. Dogs are kidnapped. The world has become a more dangerous place everywhere you look."
Murder, Rape, Robbery, Assualt, and most property crimes nationally, are all down, in some cases by almost 50% despite population growth, in the last 20 years.
This being said, I'm gonna go back and see what else this article has to say now... - diemunkiesdie, on 08/15/2008, -6/+12What's wrong with the farmed Salmon? It's not like I am eating Wild Salmon that could be eaten to extinction! These are farmed! Not hurting anyone...right?
- bipolarruledout, on 08/16/2008, -0/+5Sure, all chemicals are the same. It's like the "marijuana enthusiasts" who say "it's natural so it's perfectly safe". It's beside the point weather it's safe or not, you just look like a dumb ass and hurt the cause with such asinine statements.
Getting back on point... persistent organic pollutants are a big problem. Chemicals that migrate UP the food chain, don't break down, and are carcinogenic such as dioxin and a host of others. In case you haven't noticed we are at the top the of food chain. It's a whole new reason to go vegetarian or vegan, at least your eating lower on the food chain but your still not necessarily avoiding every chemical. Debate the health risks if you want but I think it's a horrible trend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_organic_po ... - highlymodified, on 08/16/2008, -0/+5^PS: I'm a cancer researcher so the paranoia runs deep in a very logical manner :)
- mizkitty, on 08/16/2008, -0/+5I live on British Columbia's coast and Salmon farms are very controversial here for a variety of reasons...basically environmental impact.
Also they are farming Atlantic salmon on the West Coast here and the fear of escapes diluting the Wild Pacific stocks is also a major concern.
No easy solutions though because the Wild Pacific stocks just aren't there in any sustainable size anymore to meet the consumer demand. - robfrye, on 08/16/2008, -1/+6I don't know why people are being so negative about this post. Sure, it's a little long-winded, but unlike a lot of 'doom and gloom' environmental articles, this one is quite balanced and provides a lot of good alternatives for those of us who love fish but aren't too interested in destroying the oceans.
- bipolarruledout, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4They have pretty low levels of mercury relative to other fish, king is probobally your healthiest option not to mention being awesome eats. Give me king crab any day, I think lobster is overrated.
- Anzat, on 08/16/2008, -1/+5It depends whether they're farmed inland or in the ocean. Some salmon farms are just big pens out in the ocean. They completely screw up the water chemistry and often the whole ecosystem of their area, and escapees mix with wild populations and screw up their genetics.
- positron, on 08/16/2008, -2/+6I think you missed the sarcastic melodrama there Johnson. If you read the rest of the article you'd realize the author takes a comedic approach to her writing.
- largepork, on 08/16/2008, -1/+4amen. three paragraphs and i was ready to kick some orphans in the kidneys.
- IllBeBack, on 08/16/2008, -1/+4Awesome, my favorite fish is catfish. And she's right, fried (with corn meal coating) is nice.
I've never had any of the "avoid" fish except salmon. And salmon won't be hard to give up. Rainbow trout is way better. - diemunkiesdie, on 08/15/2008, -11/+14@hansk, I love chemicals! I always find it hilarious when people deride something because it has "chemicals"! Everything is a chemical! Your own DNA is an acid! Gaaah run! You've got chemicals inside of you!!!!! Run hippies run!
- CosmicJustice, on 08/16/2008, -0/+3With bald eagle gravy.
- IAmTheGuy, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2Ahhhh. A red snapper. Mmmm, very tasty.
- kingmanic, on 08/16/2008, -3/+5Writing so poor, I could swear it was a Digg comment.
How many side notes do you need in one article? - mieprowan, on 08/16/2008, -3/+5I think this piece well written and intelligent. Sure, it's flip, but it brings up a lot of stuff to think about. And how often does turgid prose go far on the 'net? I'm glad to see people at least trying to look at the question of eating fish in more detail.
- bipolarruledout, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2I love salmon but I didn't know the farmed stuff was controversial. I guess it's back to flax seed for the omegas.
- Trunkhouse, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2The Monteray Bay Aquarium offers a sustainable seafood guide with similar information
http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch.asp - highlymodified, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2There's a reason for that.
- castrup, on 08/17/2008, -0/+1Buried in a crusade against top-ten lists.
- beauley, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1With the high levels of pollution in our soils air and waters, it is imperative that we can select the foods that manage to acquire less of it during their lifetime. The main purpose here is to make known which seafoods are the least polluted to the most polluted giving as many specific values as possible.
http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/A-Sea ...
A Seafood Guide: the Least to the Most Polluted - FTLJohnson, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Possibly... I stopped and made my comment as soon as I read that... and while it may be overly melodramatic, even though that particular 'fact' may have been presented in a joking fashion by being a little dramatic... I think it was still presented in a fashion that was meant to have some truth behind it...
Tons of people like to tell us all about how dangerous the world is, and usually do so while pointing out violence in schools and blaming video games... Which agitates me. I guess I get a bit bent out of shape when people make false references like that...
Or when people cite pseudoscience... like homeopathy... that irks me too. - CosmicJustice, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Yes.
- beauley, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1I certainly have to disagree on the farmed fish of any kind. They are much lower in the miracle Omega 3 oil and frying leaches out some of this very precious oil.
- MCBROCK, on 08/16/2008, -1/+2If we start by eating all the Sharks and Whales, won't that leave more room for us at the top of the food pyramid?
- kentifer, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Personally, I like Basa.
- ndanie3, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1What's up with nothing good from the atlantic or gulf???{except tuna(no bluefin)} I feel like i'm getting screwed, not supposed to eat the grouper or monkfish i catch... i'm going to munch on some bullshark
- bipolarruledout, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Seafood should NEVER stink. If it does then it's not fresh enough.
- inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1IOW you didn't catch anything...
- whazdown, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Fail.
- CosmicJustice, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1"Shark
Sharks are magnificent. But if that isn’t enough to stop you. Consider this. The food chain. When you remove a top predator, it fails."
Humans are the top predator. Don't remove us, or the food chain will fail. - ModernChem, on 08/16/2008, -3/+4screw that! If I catch it i'm eatin it
- LetsGoHokies, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Tilapia is good, but it does not = grouper
- Pricebreak, on 08/15/2008, -4/+5No shark??? But they are so yummy.
- beauley, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1With the high levels of pollution in our soils air and waters, it is imperative that we can select the foods that manage to acquire less of it during their lifetime. The main purpose here is to make known which seafoods are the least polluted to the most polluted giving as many specific values as possible.
http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/A-Sea ...
A Seafood Guide: the Least to the Most Polluted - selrahc, on 08/16/2008, -1/+2I don't care who submits the story as long as the content is good.
- Brassbud, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1I mostly only eat freshwater fish, as I just don't feel right about eating a fish I didn't catch myself.
- eelwrolyat, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1This is a helpful article since seafood is my favorite. I guess this means no more Chilean sea bass from Bonefish Grill.
- Pandalume, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Mmmmmm Slimehead....
- pgiessel, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Regardless of the list, I'm going to keep eating the Copper River Red Salmon (Alaska Red Salmon) as the price is right. Dipnetted straight out of the Copper River. The only downside is the five mile hike carrying them back to the truck involved in catching them.
- beauley, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1As consumers, we all search for getting the most for our dollar. The question, are we looking for quantity or quality. By quality, we mean the greatest nutritional content that we get for our money.
http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-t ...
How to Buy the Most Nutritious Foods for Your Dollar - CosmicJustice, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1What about it?
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