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Seafood Watch - Seafood Guide
Salmon
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Salmon
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Coho, Sockeye, King, Pink, Red, Sake
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Alaska
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Wild-caught
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Salmon
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Coho, Silver Salmon
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U.S.
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Farmed in Tank Systems
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Salmon
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Coho, Sockeye, King, Pink, Red, Sake
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Washington
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Wild-caught
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Salmon
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Farmed Salmon, Atlantic Salmon, Sake
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Worldwide
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Farmed
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Salmon Roe
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Ikura, Roe
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Alaska
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Wild-caught
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Salmon, Alaska Wild
Wild-caught salmon from Alaska is considered a "Best Choice" and is certified as sustainable to the standard of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) .
Consumer Note
Buyer beware! Chinook and coho may be either wild-caught or farmed. Wild-caught is always a "Best Choice". Salmon is known as sake when prepared for sushi.
Summary
Pacific salmon in Alaska is among the most intensively managed species in the world, with excellent monitoring of both the fish populations and the fishery.
Alaskan salmon dominates the West Coast salmon market. Over the past 20 years, Alaska has landed roughly 10 times as much salmon as California, Oregon and Washington combined.
Freshwater habitats in Alaska have remained relatively pristine, and salmon originating in Alaska does not face the same damming, deforestation and development challenges as those in California and the Pacific Northwest. The current abundance of Alaska salmon and its habitat reflects the success of the state’s management practices.
For these reasons, wild-caught salmon from Alaska is ranked as a “Best Choice.”
Recipe Alternatives
Seafood Watch recommend all species of wild-caught salmon as ocean-friendly alternatives to farmed Atlantic salmon. Salmon farms impact the environment in numerous ways – pollution, chemicals, parasites and non-native farmed fish that escape from salmon farms all affect the natural habitat and the native salmon in the surrounding areas.
Scientific Reports About Our Ratings
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