Farmed Salmon

Evidence Mounts That Hatchery Salmon Harms Wild Salmon

Posted 05.15.2012

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A recently published collection of 23 peer-reviewed and independent studies found evidence that some salmon from hatcheries are harming wild salmon po...

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Is Atlantic Salmon (Farmed Salmon) Linked to Obesity and Diabetes?

Dr. Walter Crinnion | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Salmon, Toxicity, Diabetes, Obesity, Chlorinated Pesticides, Farmed Salmon, Pcbs, Type 2 Diabetes, Salmon Diabetes, Salmon Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Healthy Living News
Dr. Walter Crinnion

Rates of diabetes are climbing at an alarming rate. Across the world, the rates of the development of diabetes are dramatically increasing. In 2000, a...

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Deadly Salmon Virus Spreads

AP | By PHUONG LE | Posted 12.19.2011

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SEATTLE -- Scientists in Washington state are working to improve testing of a deadly, contagious marine virus as a precaution, after the virus was det...

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Lethal Virus Spreads From Salmon Farms Into Open Ocean

New York Times | CORNELIA DEAN and RACHEL NUWER | Posted 12.18.2011

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A lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for the first time in wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest, researchers in British Colum...

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Farmed Salmon Threaten Wild Stocks With Deadly Sea Lice

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 10.24.2011

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Farmed salmon present a serious threat to the survival of wild salmon stocks in the form of tiny sea lice, according a new study by Martin Krkosek of ...

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Just Say No To "Certified Organic" Farmed Salmon

Chris Genovali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Genovali

Take some pellets with fish meal, add a dash of pink chemical pigments, sprinkle with antibiotics, decorate with bacteria and viruses, glaze with PCB's and you have your average farmed salmon fillet.

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Salmon: California, Oregon Fish Moved To "Avoid" Designation

Slashfood | Clare Leschin | Posted 05.25.2011

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For you eaters who avoid farm-raised salmon and instead seek out wild-caught varieties, your job just got a little more complicated. According to Th...

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Target Switches Farmed Salmon For Wild Salmon

The Daily Green | Brian Clark Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Big box retailer Target has already won accolades from greens for being out front in stocking sustainable fashion and phasing out toxic PVC plastics f...

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The 5 Fish You Should Never Eat

Andrew Knowlton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Knowlton

Just because it's on the menu at a famous chef's restaurant does not mean it's okay to eat.

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The Pescatore's Dilemma

Cathy Erway | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cathy Erway

Seafood has enjoyed a long history of acceptance among people who otherwise do not eat meat. Yet today's food gurus are placing pescatarianism at the height of ravenously irresponsible eating.

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Chile's Salmon Farms Verging on Breakdown

Dan Imhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Imhoff

One recent story that should have generated some rather large waves has made only a minor splash. Chile's salmon farming industry, second only to Norway's, is on the verge of collapse.

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