Do you pay attention to farm raised vs wild caught seafood?

[LaffingBear]

Do I pay attention? Yes.

 

Do I have hard and fast rules as to what I consume? No.

 

I prefer the taste of some wild caught fish. But I won't rule out all farm-raised... not all farms are wicked. And we're going to need to keep up a demand for responsibly farmed fish, or it wont be there, and the oceans will be fished-out.

 

There are also some perfectly acceptable farmed or man-assisted species.

[Smurof]

I do find it amusing with the recent years of "cage free" food choices. I presume they cost more to consume because we had to run around longer with the cadaver to catch up to them.

[+ JEC]

Wild only. If worried about the cost, stock up when it's on sale and freeze it, fish freezes really well.

[+ FrankR]

Bioaccumulation is a motherfucker in marine ecoystems.

 

Also a motherfucker: bycatch

 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Bioaccumulation

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Bycatch

 

/“radical” enviro thoughts

My work allows me to donate to charity through payroll deduction. I’ve been donating to the Natural Resource Defense Council for years - was told that makes me an ‘enviromental radical’. This is me, wearing the label with pride.

[Rudynate]

Wild only. If worried about the cost, stock up when it's on sale and freeze it, fish freezes really well.

 

 

I must doing something wrong. I find the taste and texture of previously frozen fish hideous.

[MikeBiDude]

I must doing something wrong. I find the taste and texture of previously frozen fish hideous.

Unpack from however you bought it. Don’t rinse it before freezing. Vacuum pack or ziploc bag squeezing all the air out. Defrost overnight in fridge. Should be pretty good? I freeze fish all the time, just grilled a piece of ahi last night that had been frozen about 3 months

[LookingAround]

Wild only.

[Rudynate]

Unpack from however you bought it. Don’t rinse it before freezing. Vacuum pack or ziploc bag squeezing all the air out. Defrost overnight in fridge. Should be pretty good? I freeze fish all the time, just grilled a piece of ahi last night that had been frozen about 3 months

 

Defrosting gurantees that the raw fish will be mushy and that it will turn to flavorless rubber when cooked. I have read about cooking direct from frozen. I want to try that.

[+ Pensant]

Defrosting gurantees that the raw fish will be mushy and that it will turn to flavorless rubber when cooked. I have read about cooking direct from frozen. I want to try that.

Let us know how that works out for you.

[MikeBiDude]

Defrosting gurantees that the raw fish will be mushy and that it will turn to flavorless rubber when cooked.

Well, we can agree to disagree on that one

[+ Avalon]

On the recent episode of "Last Man Standing" Nancy is preparing shrimp scampi. Ryan the son-in-law asks if they were farm raised or wild caught. Mike answers that they were caught at the border.

 

:p:p:p

 

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/shrimp-scampi

[LookingAround]

In nyc all sushi by law was flash frozen st one point.

[MikeBiDude]

If you have ever eaten tuna sushi or sashimi you should realize that it is ALL frozen and certainly not all hideous

King crab legs as well...

[Bearofdistinction]

When you buy seafood - do you care if it was farm raised or wild caught? Are you willing to pay a premium for wild caught seafood?

 

Yes!

 

If you have ever been to/smelled a fish farm you would go for Wild Caught everyday of the week and 3 times on Sunday!!!!!!

[Rudynate]

Yes!

 

If you have ever been to/smelled a fish farm you would go for Wild Caught everyday of the week and 3 times on Sunday!!!!!!

 

 

I visited a catfish farm once. I didn't smell anything unusual. Driving by a feedlot doesn't seem to put people off from beef.

[KeepItReal]

There are fish and then there are FISH! (For some, wild caught is not an option!)

[+ FrankR]

If you think you can discern the difference, think again.

 

A New York Times story (published on April 10, 2005) certainly is a cautionary tale. For those of you who didn’t see it, the Times sent a reporter to buy wild salmon at eight stores in the city. Some of the fish sold for as much as $29 per pound. The Times then had the salmon tested and learned that six of the eight pieces of fish purchased were farmed, not wild.

 

You are not wrong!