Yet another swing at farmed Atlantic salmon in New York Times

Tor-Eddie Fossbakk In the article he states that Pacific salmon, at least along the west coast of the United States and Canada is in dire straits and that wild Atlantic salmon is commercially extinct. Mr. Grescoe, writes that 90 per cent of the fresh salmon consumed in the United States is from farms, and that “the farmed product is not a healthy alternative to wild”. He continues to describe the salmon farming industry in Chile as “overcrowding in these oceanic feedlots led to this year’s epidemic of infectious salmon anemia, a disease that has killed millions of fish and left the flesh of survivors riddled with lesions”. According to Grescoe, the situation in Canada is not much better, and he repeats the same old stories about sea lice in British Columbia and refers to “scientists” who think that salmon farms there are killing wild salmon. According to the “Gothamist” website, Grescoe loves to eat well and loves extreme flavors. He therefore set up an itinerary across the world that would take him through Nova Scotia, Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Billingsgate in London, Sardine boats in Portugal, eating smaller fish, or eating down the food scale, instead of the larger predators we favor in North America. This is how his book, “Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood” came about. Grescoe thinks something fishy is up with the global seafood economy. Each chapter follows a specific fish down the food chain from net to dinner plate. Grescoe emerges with a clear breakdown of the issues, and a guide for sourcing seafood with an emphasis on sustainability. His solution: eat down the food chain – maybe eat only sardines.