Salmon question

[frankenfurter]

I eat grilled salmon at least twice a week mostly for the health benefits but also cause it's yummy

Recently I read that there is a big difference between wild salmon and pond raised or farmed salmon. True or false?

Also, how can you tell between the two? Are there any physical characteristics that identify one type from the other?

 

[anthrax]

I eat grilled salmon at least twice a week mostly for the health benefits but also cause it's yummy

Recently I read that there is a big difference between wild salmon and pond raised or farmed salmon. True or false?

Also, how can you tell between the two? Are there any physical characteristics that identify one type from the other?

yes wild salmon is much better than farm raised one:
less fat (and the difference may be wide)
taste better
less antibiotics/drugs residues

but 80-90% of the salmon you find is farm raised (it is much cheaper)
and you can hardly tell which one is wild/farm raised

 

[frankenfurter]

Thx Anthrax, I guess I should learn to do a search BEFORE posting, as I came across your excellent article you wrote in Dec 2001 all about farm vs. wild.