What is the difference between farmed and wild salmon?
Wild salmon are caught in their natural habitat, while farmed salmon are raised and harvested by humans in fishing farms. In addition to this fundamental contrast, farmed and wild salmon differ in their health, safety and impacts on the environment.RiskFarmed salmon living in crowded and unclean conditions have a higher risk of contracting deadly infectious diseases, such as salmon anemia, than wild salmon.HealthWild salmon have higher fitness and survival rates than farmed salmon in the wild. When farmed salmon escape from fishing farms and interbreed with wild salmon, they weaken wild salmon’s fitness level and reproductive ability.SafetyA study by David Carpenter of the State University of New York at Albany found that farmed salmon carry higher levels of contaminants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins, than wild salmon.Availability and CostAlthough both farmed and wild salmon are sold in standard supermarkets, farmed salmon have higher availability and supply because fa
