tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682287066448562754.post3173114921873860145..comments2024-02-12T09:30:07.907-08:00Comments on Water Blogged: Demystifying “organic” farmed salmon: Is there such a thing?Living Oceanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892496464168293676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682287066448562754.post-85363397766816560922012-07-28T21:57:30.437-07:002012-07-28T21:57:30.437-07:00I don't see how farmed salmon could be conside...I don't see how farmed salmon could be considered organic; not within the framework of what I consider organic. The fry start out with an injection that they claim is an inoculation against disease that Pacific species carry that the Atlantic breed does not have natural immunity to. But do we know for sure that there are not any growth hormones or any other just unnatural components in the vaccine? <br /><br />And then there is the unnatural way that they are raised in the open net pens staying in one place directly above their feces.<br /><br />Now that they are finding disease that has been passed from the farmed fish to wild stocks and even fresh water species, it would seem that fish farming in open net pens is destructive to the larger habitat.<br /><br />As in anything, if it is not natural, it is not right and it definitely not "ORGANIC". Labeling farmed salmon as organic is misleading to consumers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612630496651986169noreply@blogger.com