7 Reasons to Avoid Farm Raised Salmon

This is a article that shows how salmon are raised at farms,what is feed to them and what helps to achieve there color... After reading this you will avoid farm raised salmon!

Over 60% of the fish eaten in the United States is farm-raised. What are some of the things that you should know about man-raised salmon?

Farmed Salmon:

1. have seven times the levels of PCB’s as wild salmon

2. have 30 times the number of sea lice

3. are fed chemicals to give them color

4. are fed pellets of chicken feces, corn meal, soy, genetically modified canola oil and other fish containing concentrations of toxins

5. are administered antibiotics at higher levels than any other livestock

6. have less omega 3’s due to lack of wild diet

7. are crowed into small areas inhibiting movement, and causing disease

Wild salmon may only eat a bite or two of other fish. Mostly they feed on krill, giving them their rich red color. Krill are mostly toxin-free. Man-raised fish are fed pellets containing high concentrations of fish. It is this concentration of fish that increases PCB levels as concentrating the fish, concentrates toxins, mercury etc.