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Skriven 2006-07-26 07:01:16 av DAVE SACERDOTE (1:123/140)
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RH> Might be, but I wouldn't count on it.  Salmon is an import here; most
RH> of what I see is farmed or west coast.
 
DD> Odd, my stupormarkups here in the Great American Outback, a thousand 
DD> miles from the nearest ocean are featuring Atlantic Salmon steaks, 
DD> filets or whole fish (sans head) at prices from U$4.99/lb. You OTOH can 
DD> almost spit into the Atlantic and get Alaskan salmon. Go figger.

You're getting the same "farm-raised" stuff we are.  Your misperception
is common however, which is why the government says fish has to be 
marked at POS with country of origin and whether it's wild-caught or 
farm-raised.

"Atlantic salmon" does not indicate origin, it's the common name for 
the species.  Most of the Atlantic salmon sold in the US is farm-raised
and is nothing like the wild-caught salmon that sells for up to $25/lb
or more.

One of the markets around here has started selling barramundi, 
advertising it as "a type of Australian sea bass."  Well, yes it is.
And the market touts how fresh their barramundi is, having it FLOWN
IN EVERY DAY!!!111one!!  I can tell you from experience that it
doesn't taste anything at all like salt-water fish; it's a lot more
like muddy catfish. The tags on the fish say "Country of Origin: USA. 
Farm-Raised." Turns out that barramundi are a lot like carp in that
they can not only be tank-raised from egg to adult, but they "tolerate
extreme overcrowding" and "grow rapidly to market size" (that info from
a barramundi industry-only sales brochure.)  The fish sold locally is
flown in from California, from the factory where they are raised and
slaughtered, not caught off the Great Barrier Reef and airlifted across
the globe to New England (as the ads would subtley have you believe.)

Same idea with that salmon.


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