The Fastest Salmon Farm Tour...Ever!

How do we raise one of the world's heathiest foods? This quick tour takes you on a trip to salmon hatcheries, salmon farms and processing plant to see how we raise sustainable salmon. If you haven't had the opportunity to visit a salmon farm in beautiful British Columbia, here's your chance! (2:20)

http://www.marineharvestcanada.com

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[strikeking07]

Interesting .... you grow salmon in 18 months that take 4 years in the wild. That is like saying steroids is ok to use. You cant equal mother nature and even compare farmed salmon to wild. I always ask in resturants if the salmon is wild or farmed and never choose farmed. Most higher end establishments will only use wild salmon.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@strikeking07 Actually, farm-raised salmon are harvested prior to maturing - no steriods or additional hormones are used to raise our salmon.

We respect the fact that you favour the taste of a wild salmon over a farmed, but it's important to note that there are many salmon species that are wild and farmed, so your preference is mostly likely a result of the species and not the growing method.

[Cheeseiscooification]

dude have you got a video that its shorter than a mminute?

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@Cheeseiscooification Sorry dude, we don't have anything shorter that a minute!

[greentourism]

How can you say that BC farmed salmon is sustainable. You rely on overfished anchovies which are far from sustainably manufactured. What do you say to the criticism that your salmon cause lice problems in wild smolts. Wild salmon sustainably harvested is the only sustainable salmon from Canada

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@greentourism Hi 'greentourism'. Our fish feed contains only about 15% fish meal, which his sourced from either trimmings of other processed fish, or from fisheries that are highly regulated and have been sustainably fished for decades now. This same fish meal is also used in other aqua feeds and for pigs, chickens and pets (cats & dogs).

As for your question about sea lice, we would suggest you review our page on the subject on our website and if you have any further questions, please ask.

[greenfish13]

I love farmed salmon! How can I pick up a hose and join in on the fun?

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@greentourism So, as you may have seen, what you haven't considered is that only a small part of fish's diet is meal/oil. You are referencing the yield only (8:1) and not then considering the fact that the fish's diet only includes 16% and 13% (meal and oil).

Again, thanks for allowing us to clarify.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@greentourism As you subscribe to WWF, we thought we'd point out that WWF confirms the yields used to calculate fish in/fish out;

FFER for fishmeal = (% of fishmeal in feed *eFCR)/(% yield fishmeal from wild fish)

FFER for fish oil = (% of fish oil in feed *eFCR)/(% yield fish oil from wild fish)

...yield of fishmeal range from 22 – 27%.

...yield of fish oil from wild forage fish range from 3-7%.

[MarineHarvestCanada]

@greentourism Hi, thanks for asking for clarification on the fish in/fish out ratio of salmon. The formula used to determine the ratio is;

(% fish meal in the diet + % fish oil in the diet) / (yield of fish meal (%) from wild fish + yield of fish oil (%) from wild fish) x Feed Conversion Rate = fish meal and oil used

(16 + 13) / (22.5 + 5) x 1.2 = 1.265

Wet/dry weight is considered and accounted for in the formula (yield).