Buying Seafood

Did you know that you can purchase Alaskan wild salmon directly from sustainable and family-owned businesses in Alaska. Check out these sites for more info --

AleutiaSeafood.org

Sells salmon fillets for $13.20 per pound in 25 pound boxes.

Redsalmon.com
12-lb share is sold for $198 to be picked up.

MORE INFORMATION:

• AVOID FARMED FISH. Generally, when farmed, the fish often becomes infected with bacteria and parasitic sea lice. The fish is not raised in environmentally sound tanks and farms use antibiotics and other chemicals. Further, farmed salmon contains more PCBs, dioxins and industrial pollutants than the wild salmon. Finally, farmed salmon gets its color from chemical additives whereas wild salmon get their red color from krill.
• AVOID IMPORTED SHRIMP AND IMPORTED TILAPIA. Imported shrimp and imported tilapia are farmed. Instead, go with US-farmed shrimp and US-farmed tilapia - which are a little better.
• Buy Pacific Cod that is caught in Alaskan waters using gear certified by the Marine Stewardship Council
• Do not buy fish sticks or imitation crab - those are made using dead fish such as pollack
• There is a difference between Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon. Atlantic salmon is endangered in the wild - therefore, if you are eating it, it came from a farm in Canada or Norway. Therefore, try to buy Pacific salmon caught in Alaska.
• Smaller fishes (such as sardines, anchovies, mussels) have lower contaminant levels than larger fish (such as tuna, swordfish, salmon, eel)
• DO NOT EAT fish with highest concentration of mercury:
• White albacore tuna, canned
• Swordfish
• Tilefish
• King Mackerel
• Tuna steaks
• Shark
• Orange Roughy
• Spanish Mackerel
• Marlin
• Grouper
• You can eat 2 entries per week (6 ounce each) of low-mercury fish such as:
• Light tuna, canned
• Shrimp
• Salmon
• Catfish