Cheap and well cared for meat? Can we have it all?

geordie_joe

Pandora123 wrote: »

Wild fish caught for being made into food for farmed fish: anchovies, mackerel, sardines. (link)

I believe those are all fit for human consumption.

There's a difference between "being fit for human consumption" and humans wanting to eat them.

Most people would prefer salmon.

Apart from that it doesn't say if they use all of them to feed salmon or just the ones that are too small for humans to want to eat.

HariboJunkie

Pandora123 wrote: »

I occasionally buy my cats wild salmon as a treat

I wouldn't be to keen on depleting the already low wild salmon stock to feed my cat.

Pandora123_2

HariboJunkie wrote: »

I wouldn't be to keen on depleting the already low wild salmon stock to feed my cat.

A tin every couple of months isn't a lot, especially whereas I don't eat any myself. But point taken: they love mackerel & pilchards as well, and that's probably a better choice in terms of preserving fish stocks. So consider the switch made

HariboJunkie

Pandora123 wrote: »

A tin every couple of months isn't a lot, especially whereas I don't eat any myself. But point taken: they love mackerel & pilchards as well, and that's probably a better choice in terms of preserving fish stocks. So consider the switch made

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competitionscafe

Scottish wild salmon stocks are depleted - that's one of the reasons why they cost over £50 per fish! (depending on weight). However I think Alaskan wild salmon (sold fresh and in tins) is still at sustainable levels? Not so good on the food miles though!
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1925040,00.html

~Chameleon~

competitionscafe wrote: »

Scottish wild salmon stocks are depleted - that's one of the reasons why they cost over £50 per fish! (depending on weight). However I think Alaskan wild salmon (sold fresh and in tins) is still at sustainable levels? Not so good on the food miles though!
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1925040,00.html

Have you seen the price of these????? :eek:

http://www.fishfanatics.co.uk/shop-wild-salmon-fillets-1.php

No way I could afford to eat salmon at those prices, not even as a treat!

I wonder how sustainable their farmed salmon is :huh:

http://www.fishfanatics.co.uk/shop-salmon-fillets-farmed.php

kethry

Chameleon - i remembered from watching HFW before christmas in "River cottage - gone fishing" that there *are* sustainable, ethically produced salmon farmers out there (and other types of fish farming as well). Key to look out for: the soil association has granted organic status to a handful of well run organic fish farms, but also check this site and this site, both of which will have good information. they should also tell you which wild fish are okay to eat (as in, they're not overfished and under pressure) and which wild fish have been caught in an ethical manner (e.g. you can buy rope-grown mussels now, which are better for the environment than dredged mussels).

HTH

keth
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~Chameleon~

That's most helpful kethry, much appreciated :A