What Do Environmental Organizations say about Alaskan Seafood:

“With good management and fairly healthy habitat, Alaska salmon remain abundant.”
                                                                                                -Blue Ocean Institute

“Salmon caught in Alaska (Chinook/king, chum, coho, pink, sockeye) are among the better-managed fish stocks in the United States.  Alaskan salmon populations are mostly healthy, and fish are caught with gear that does little damage to the environment.”
                                                                                                -Environmental Defense

Health Briefs:

Wild Salmon Healthier than Farmed
CBS News Health Watch: WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2004

Farm-raised salmon contain significantly more dioxins and other potentially cancer-causing pollutants than do salmon caught in the wild, says a major study that tested contaminants in fish bought around the world.

Salmon farmed in Northern Europe had the most contaminants, followed by North America and Chile, according to the study released Thursday. It blames the feed used on fish farms for concentrating the ocean pollutants.

Eating more than a meal of farm-raised salmon per month, depending on its country of origin, could slightly increase the risk of getting cancer later in life, researchers conclude. They urge consumers to buy wild salmon and recommend that farmers change fish feed.

Did you know?

• “Omega-3 essential fats (such as occur in nuts, seeds, especially flaxseeds, and cold-water fish) are very important nutrients. A man’s risk for prostate cancer is decreased by a higher consumption of two particular essential fatty acids (called eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA and docosahexaenoic acid or DHA) that are found in cold-water fish. Laboratory studies of isolated prostate cancer cells also show that these omega-3 essential fats inhibit their growth.”

                                                                        -World’s Healthiest Foods (www.Whfoods.org)

• Consuming foods which are high in omega-3, such as salmon, is recommended by doctors to treat Depression, Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Fatigue, Dry/itchy skin, brittle hair and nails, and joint pain.