Atlantic Salmon
Sustainably-Farmed Salmon
We go for farmed Atlantic salmon when it's satisfyingly rich and clean-tasting, with a distinctly salmony flavor. All the better when it's sustainably farmed. Atlantic salmon is luxuriously good, even when it's simply broiled. Seared-crisp, the skin is delicious too. Choose from 2 or 3 lbs. of salmon. We deliver it skin-on, cut into fillets.
Know where your fish comes from...
Atlantic Salmon
(Salmo salar)
Wild Atlantic salmon's habitat was severely threatened by industrialization. Commercial fishing of Atlantic salmon has long been prohibited. Maintaining a consistent supply of good, sustainably-farmed salmon is an ongoing project for us.
- Wild salmon gets its characteristic orange-pink color from carotenoids in the crustaceans it eats. Farmed versions are fed carotene-rich vitamins instead.
- After meeting our top priorities in selecting farmed salmon––clean flavor and firm texture––we look for low feed-to-fish ratios. We believe this is the key to sustainable fish farming.
- Salmon are piscivores. While a partially plant-based diet may be a good thing for farmed salmon, we avoid farms that use feed containing meat byproducts and unnecessary antibiotics and hormones.
- Fishwatch––the National Marine Fisheries Sustainability report––describes the strict prohibition on fishing wild Atlantic salmon.