Is Australian Atlantic Salmon Real or Fake?

01-Apr-25 09:32am
Grommie
real or natural... they certainly are salmon, but not allowed to act like wild salmon. NZ has salmon in rivers that can't get back to the sea because of hydro dams. Not bad fish, all the same.
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31-Mar-25 20:48pm
APB
I always found salmon and tuna the most tasteless fish and a waste of time...unlike smoked salmon (yum)...we tried to bake really fresh tuna...yawn....and salmon needs to coated in something tasty otherwise it is rubbish too...now I know it is dyed pink too...super yuck Edited 31-Mar-25 20:52pm
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- 01-Apr-25 09:54am
  Elizabeth T 396096
  This is because a majority of the salmon they give us in Australia is rubbish and farmed rubbish at that. The salmon that Japan and John West rejects. ROFL.
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31-Mar-25 10:59am
Elizabeth T 396096
I am fascinated by the fact that you never see salmon marketed as "Pacific salmon" You always see "Atlantic salmon" sold but Pacific salmon is better. In general, wild-caught Pacific salmon is often considered healthier than Atlantic salmon, mainly due to its lower fat content, better fatty acid profile, and lower risk of contaminants.
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- 31-Mar-25 12:38pm
  Robert F 1161011
  That's because there are several types of Pacific salmon (Coho, Chinook, Sockeye, Pink...), but there's only one type of Atlantic salmon.
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- 31-Mar-25 12:39pm
  Elizabeth T 396096Robert F 1161011
  I know but I have never seen any salmon labelled as any of these or Pacific in general.
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30-Mar-25 21:14pm
Robert F 1161011
All Atlantic salmon that's available to the public is raised in fish farms. Commercial fishing of wild Atlantic salmon has been prohibited for over 20 years. Calling it "Atlantic" shows its origin but we know it's farmed and we know that it's inferior to wild-caught Pacific salmon.
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30-Mar-25 19:33pm
Lee b 979050
How can we expect salmon to be natural. Impossible in ye world we live. Plundered oceans seas and rivers. The desire to eat flesh instead with no care for the consequences. Do we eat fre running chicken cows sheep and those poor pigs, those beautiful smart animals in piggeries it make me sick to my stomach. If you were truly think where all these beautiful animals come from when they get on your plate you would have a hard to swallowing that animal that never saw the sunshine.
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30-Mar-25 10:29am
Elizabeth T 396096
I consider it fake as the only way we have it is via farms and this is not good for the fish, the environment and they taste insipid.
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- 31-Mar-25 13:18pm
  Christina C 466456
  I like your use of the word 'insipid' when describing the taste of farmed salmon. Made me laugh. You're right though, it doesn't taste like anything but still smells like fish!
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28-Mar-25 15:55pm
Pat C 618241
The main reason for the colour is that they are fed red colour in their feed and we have all become accustomed to it. Their real colour is greyish/white and certainly not the bright pink colour they have from the farmed variety. I don't think there are many who are farmed in the old style where they return at the end of their life to breed back up in the streams of their birth and then die once that has been completed.Edited 28-Mar-25 15:57pm
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28-Mar-25 14:19pm
APB
If you put a salmon in a cage....it is still a real salmon...it doesn't become a fake one...what a salmon does in the wild does not define it...it is a species of fish...wherever it lives....I hope that helps.. Edited 28-Mar-25 14:21pm
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- 30-Mar-25 10:32am
  Elizabeth T 396096
  Well, I was considering it as a food and it is not right to call it Atlantic when it is farmed in the pacific so it should not be considered the same as wild caught salmon (and I don't think it should be called atlantic salmon even if it is farmed in the northern hemisphere as I think the name should be exclusive to where it is caught). They are free to call it farmed salmon or just salmon in my opinion :)Edited 30-Mar-25 10:43am
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28-Mar-25 06:47am
Christina C 466456
They usually have the name of the breed on the can. That's one way to tell. Red salmon is usually sockeye salmon while the pink stuff is a different breed/s. I think red salmon is the most nutritious out of them all and generally has more omega 3s plus is usually wild. I think the pink stuff is a much more farmed breed but I'm not certain? If in doubt you can always have sardines which are just as healthy (tons of omega 3s as well) and also a low mercury fish (like salmon) so you can eat 3x100g cans a week no problem (RDI omega 3's is about 3 cans per week), plus you can pretty much guarantee they're wild (in most cases) because sardines are everywhere. Particularly Australian sardines are wild caught. If in doubt check out goodfish.org.au .Edited 28-Mar-25 07:36am
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- 30-Mar-25 13:07pm
  The ghost
  What fish do sardines grow into? What is a sardine? I love smoked salmon on eggs and toast, with cheese and guacamole for breakfast on the rare occasion.Edited 30-Mar-25 13:09pm
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- 30-Mar-25 16:52pm
  Christina C 466456The ghost
  Sardines are also known as pilchards or sprats depending on where you live. Every supermarket has them so you won't have to look far to get them. They don't taste anything like salmon though.
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- 31-Mar-25 07:36am
  The ghostChristina C 466456
  I know sardines, just wonder what fish they grow into, after being a sprat or pilchard or juvenile?
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- 31-Mar-25 07:39am
  Christina C 466456The ghost
  I think they just grow into themselves? Just sardines I think but I could be wrong. Just cute little small fish they are.
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	Is Australian Atlantic Salmon Real or Fake?
	Bugalugs	28-Mar-25 05:24 am
	Do you think what is marketed as Australian Atlantic Salmon is real Salmon or a fake? Real salmon needs to be able to swim up rivers into lakes etc. to spawn, then shortly after hatching they swim down-stream and out into the oceas where they feed on Natural Foods. The Australian version is farmed, they are kept in what amounts to a cage and fed prepared food which guarantees their flesh is Red or Pink.