Wild Alaska Salmon – The Healthiest Fish in the World!

Salmon has always been a large part of the Alaskan cultural and economic landscape. For most of the 20th century, commercial fishing was Alaska’s largest industry. Alaska’s abundant streams, lakes and oceans have supported both a thriving fishing industry and native Alaskans that base most of their diet from this fish they catch in the summer. Salmon are among a very unique breed of fish in that they are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce (at the exact location they were born – something that still baffles scientists).

Most experts agree that the Omega 3 found in Salmon oils have many health benefits. An important factor in the health discussion is comparing wild salmon to farmed salmon. In Alaska, where any form of fish farming is illegal, the benefits of wild salmon are clear:

• Farmed fish are fed pellets while wild salmon get their food in the open sea (which is converted to Omega 3)
• There is no need to inject artificial colors to make the flesh red as this is the natural color
• Farmed salmon also has significantly higher concentrations of PCBs, Dioxin, and other cancer-causing contaminants than salmon caught in the wild