Farm Raised Salmon : From Egg To Your Plate

[ProducersVault]

Great work guys

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@ProducersVault TX!

[charliedapie]

What method do you use for killing your salmon? Most companys seem to use electricution followed by gill sliting.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@charliedapie Method for harvesting salmon is percussive stunning which was developed in accordance with RSPCA fish welfare standards (latest revision 2010). Most companies use this method.

[darkmossie633]

how come it is advised that children should not to have more than 3 "farmed" salmon steaks a week?

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@darkmossie633 We can't provide links on YouTube, but the Canadian government recommends that you "eat at least two Food Guide Servings of fish each week, and to choose fish such as char, herring, mackerel, salmon, sardines and trout, the kinds that are highest in omega-3 fats."

The US FDA recommends to "eat up to 12 ounces (2 average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury", including (farmed or wild) salmon.

[LunaOne420]

Seven of ten farmed salmon purchased at grocery stores in Washington DC, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at levels that raise health concerns, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@LunaOne420 Hi again. As you probably know, this "science" (although 10 fish is hardly a representative sample) you are referrring to was done 10 years ago. Although PCBs were never a health concern, salmon farmers have changed the diet for their fish over time and this has further reduced PCB levels in their salmon. Today, both wild and farmed salmon have similar (very low) levels of PCBs.

[Folkboat11]

@LunaOne420 The average yearly per capita intake of PCBs has been estimated to be about 30 nanograms from farmed salmon, 199 from pork, 306 from milk, 716 from poultry, and 2,401 from beef. When it comes to mercury, wild Alaskan halibut contains about 25 times as much as farmed salmon and tuna contains about 33 times as much! So if farmed salmon isn't high in contaminants, why do environmental organizations say that it is?

[kingbiscuit28]

@Folkboat11

Can you post a source on this?

[LunaOne420]

Wild salmon mostly feed on krill, giving them their rich red color. Krill are mostly toxin-free. Man-raised fish are fed pellets containing high concentrations of fish. It is this concentration of fish that increases PCB levels as concentrating the fish, concentrates toxins, mercury etc.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@LunaOne420 Hi again. We appreciate your committment to healthy eating, but we must correct you again;

All salmon, farmed and wild, have very, very low levels of toxins such as PCBs and mercury. PCB levels in both wild and farmed salmon are less than 2% of FDA and CFIA concern levels. This is because salmon are very short lived fish and don't have much time to 'bioaccumulate' toxins. If you would like a link to this research and these results, please let us know.

[LunaOne420]

Wild salmon have a varied diet and along with their free roaming, their Omega 3 concentrations are high. Man-raised salmon are fed toxic fish pellets also containing unsanitary and genetically modified foods. The color of a farmed fish is gray due to its diet and confinement. To make it look pink/red, the fish are fed chemical dyes. Man cannot however raise the levels of Omega 3 as this is only produced in free roaming fish.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@LunaOne420 Thanks for sharing your concerns - and allowing us to correct some incorrect statements you've made.

Omega 3s in salmon;

Omega 3 levels in salmon varies by species and depends largely on what salmon eat - but all salmon are very good sources of Omega 3. Atlantic salmon naturally have more healthy oils than Pacific salmon and because the Omega 3s are stored in oils, it has the highest levels of Omega 3s. Our farm-raised Atlantic salmon have very high levels of Omega 3s. Con't..

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@LunaOne420

Feed - Our salmon are given a daily diet that is a very healthy that meet and exceeds their nutritional requirement. As you can probably understand, it would not benefit us if we fed our fish "toxic" pellets! The feed components are sourced from sustainable and healthy sources and all feed is regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@LunaOne420

Colour of salmon - Wild and farm-raised salmon get their flesh colour from the same source - carotenoids in their food. These carotenoids are required for health reasons and also happen to give salmon that red/orange colour. You are right though - salmon (not just farmed, but wild as well) would be a white in colour if they didn't consume carotenoids. Many of our foods contain carotenoids (all fruits and vegetables or example).

[EleniesCosmetics]

A lie about 'healthy' and 'harmless' and 'natural' salmon.

A lots of opposite evidence are easy to find in internet.

For example a film : Lachsfieber 1 von 5

Do I really have to explain more?

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@EleniesCosmetics We disagree. Our salmon are very healthy and in Canada, we take great care of the environment where they swim. It only makes sense as our fish are raised in this same environment. Our website is a good source of this information.

Can't watch the film as we don't sprechen sie deutsch.

By the way, how is the cosmetic industry in Germany?

[itssomeidiot]

I want sushi!

[EleniesCosmetics]

such a lie!!!

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@EleniesCosmetics Please let us know what you feel is untrue about his video, as we would like the opportunity to respond. We do raise salmon, and do it from egg....to plate.

[TemplarX2]

@MarineHarvestCanada That's just a troll. Your facilities seem more than adequate and very hygienic. I love salmon and here in Australian we eat Tasmanian Salmon.

[raibowtroutmonger]

Guys u r do right job. Don't listen people who don't understand what they r talking about. Save wild salmon!!! Just need more salmon farm, and everyone have to eat only farm salmon. Great job, great people, great technology.

[ochayeman2]

Very well put together and informative. Thanks for posting...even if is just to promote your company/product!!