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More good news connects wild salmon with healthy hearts

by Laine Welch | Mar 29, 2021 | Farmed Fish, Fish Radio Programs, Health & Nutrition, Salmon

    There’s more good news about eating fish and healthy hearts. And there are some big differences between eating farmed salmon and wild, and the way it’s prepared really matters. SeafoodNews.com reports on the Journal of the American Medical Association,...

Frankenfish is soon coming to a store or restaurant near you – a new law requires it be labeled as “genetically engineered”

by Laine Welch | Feb 8, 2021 | Farmed Fish, Fish Radio Programs

  Genetically modified salmon will be “identified” with a bar code  It’s taken nearly three decades but Frankenfish is set to hit supermarket shelves anytime now. The fish, which is the first animal to get approval from the U.S. Food and Drug...

What US waters are best suited for offshore fish farms? Tuesday is the final day to share your thoughts with NOAA

by Laine Welch | Dec 21, 2020 | Farmed Fish, Fish Radio Programs

 World’s first offshore fish farm on its way to Norway in 2017                                                   Credit: fishfarmingexpert.com   Two offshore waters already have been selected as Aquaculture Opportunity Areas, or AOAs, as part of the plans...

Salmon farming revs up in world’s biggest ships, some include luxury passenger cabins

by Laine Welch | Nov 13, 2020 | Farmed Fish, Fish Radio Programs, Salmon

  While the Trump Administration and some of the nation’s biggest food producers move towards farming fish off the coasts of the U.S., others are taking the technology inside. A German engineering company called Next Generation Cargo is planning to farm Atlantic...

Makers of Frankenfish grumble over new labeling law

by Laine Welch | Dec 23, 2019 | AK Congress, Farmed Fish, Fish Radio Programs

  Makers of Frankenfish have changed their tune now that labeling their product is about to become law. The fish is a genetically tweaked Atlantic salmon that grows nearly three times faster than normal fish. The manmade salmon are grown at a land based facility...

What’s better: wild fish, or fish farmed in fresh or salt water? Perceptions vary widely.

by Laine Welch | Nov 20, 2019 | Farmed Fish, Fish Radio Programs, Health & Nutrition

  Americans have very different perceptions on wild versus farmed fish. And they vary widely on fish farmed in fresh or salt water. A report out this week says that while more US adults are replacing red meat with seafood, concerns and misperceptions are slowing the...
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