http://stephenleahy.net/2008/11/26/the-real-price-of-farmed-salmon/ Discovering Global Environmental Interconnections Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://stephenleahy.net/2008/11/26/the-real-price-of-farmed-salmon/#comment-9725 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:58:25 +0000 http://stephenleahy.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-9725 I just took out a portion of salmon to thaw for this evening’s supper. This was purchased at BJ’s in Cape Coral, Florida. The blue plastic zip-lock bag says “Premium Atlantic Salmon” on the front. However, on the back it says “From the cold, clear, glacier fed waters…” This seemed contradictory to me. Under “cold, clear, glacier fed waters” I understand fresh water on land and not saltwater in the Atlantic. So I did a search in Google and found this article which clearly indicates that the farms are in the ocean and not on land. So, is the packaging lying? After looking at a map there seemed to be another problem. Most of Chile’s coast is along the Pacific. Only a very short stretch in the very south is on the Atlantic. Does Aqua Farms have its farms in the Atlantic? From what I found online, most of the salmon farms are in the Pacific about halfway up the coast. The packaging of BJ’s Aqua Farms salmon seems to be deceptive in two ways then.

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