Wild salmon is threatened, and the farm-bred alternative raises concerns

By Devra First, Boston Globe

A meal of salmon is a time-honored Fourth of July tradition in New England, along with peas and new potatoes, which came into season around the same time the fish ran. Times, however, have changed. Atlantic wild salmon is commercially extinct. In May, salmon fishing was banned in California and most of Oregon to halt the rapid disappearance of the species there. Over the past few weeks, the price of Alaskan wild salmon fillets has ranged from a whopping $20 to $35 a pound at local fish markets. And health and ecological concerns regarding the consumption of farmed salmon have been much in the news. For consumers, this adds up to one question: Should we still be eating this favorite fish?

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