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What are the advantages of wild caught salmon over farm-raised (if any)?

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[–] ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Different sure but they both have environmental impacts, wild salmon is extinct in some places already

[–] SlappyRedcheeks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is that due to overfishing or other things such as loss of habitat by obstructing their spawning routes?

[–] ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Both? The salmon along shipping routes or around them seems to be most at risk but it is also the most accessible https://www.asf.ca/about-atlantic-salmon/state-of-populations The northern salmon populations are healthiest but they are also furthest from population centers. In general, there is still too much atlantic salmon fishing. Canada is still assessing long term strategies for salmon population protection.

[–] SlappyRedcheeks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Looks like this might be a US vs Canada thing.

I wasn't aware there was such a thing as wiild caught Atlantic Salmon because in the US

All Atlantic salmon in the public market is cultured and commercially grown.

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/atlantic-salmon-protected#:~:text=All%20Atlantic%20salmon%20in%20the,a%20few%20rivers%20in%20Maine.

You are still correct in saying that wild caught can be problematic as well.

[–] ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would be only Quebec/NL/LB. Very small amount of salmon compared to the rest of the market, not something you would find in walmart. Conservation groups have been calling for tighter restrictions for years and it might be they're only giving out licenses to indigenous or recreational/sport atm. In Canada, we have special rules for indigenous that they can basically ignore certain/limits rules on hunting and fishing.