"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Here's a scary thing, marginal to this discussion: On a Nova show last
year, they said that some killer whales' body tissue contains so much
toxic crap (by parts per million or however it's measures) that if the
animals were land-based waste, they'd be subject to special handling by
whoever needed to discard them. I'm sure the fish we eat don't have the
same issues, though, because they swim in special water, unlike the
whales.


Has to do with age more than size. Longer lived, more concentrations.
halibut of 200# are almost not sellable by the commercials. To much
mercury. The buyers want the 60# and less. As to the Mercury, most is from
China and all the coal they burn. That air pollution has to go somewhere.

As to the Mercury, most is from
China and all the coal they burn. That air pollution has to go
somewhere.

It's actually from ALL the countries that burn coal. Here in the U.S.
according to numerous researchers, you will find mercury levels in just
about all fish from all lakes, even the previously pristine Adirondack's
lakes. Luckily, small amounts of mercury can be chelated out of the body
with certain supplements over time.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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While we're pondering the unanswerable: When the batteries in the TV
remote are getting weak, why do we press harder on the buttons?


Well, duh, because we can! And besides, after all the years of our wives
telling us "harder, harder" it reminds us of sex. And it's the best of both
worlds: we think we're having sex and we get to watch tv!

"Bryan" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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While we're pondering the unanswerable: When the batteries in the TV
remote are getting weak, why do we press harder on the buttons?


Well, duh, because we can! And besides, after all the years of our wives
telling us "harder, harder" it reminds us of sex. And it's the best of
both worlds: we think we're having sex and we get to watch tv!




ROTFLMAO!

"Gordon" wrote in message
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Why is it a good thing to eat wild commercially caught salmon and a bad
thing to eat farmed salmon?
Here in Washington State, we spend millions to enhance streams, reverse
erosion, stop cows from peeing in creeks, etc to save dwindling stocks of
wild salmon and at the same time, conservationists tell us to eat wild
fish
only! What the ^%$&?
And while I'm at it, why do people go nuts when there is a minor sewage
spill yet the city of Victoria Canada can dump 34 million gallons of
untreated sewage per DAY into the Straits of Juan de Fuca with no adverse
effects?
Gordon

--

Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee,
and
thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere.



Because of the feed for the farm raised fish. They are eating beef and pork
animal by products. So the fish do not have the healthy Omega 3 oil levels.
Plus disease, and all the concentrated poop they swim in.

Would you believe the same foods are fed to both cattle and farmed fish?
Large masses of small sardine type fishes are caught in the southern oceans
and are processed as animal food, high in proteins etc.
And the poop falls to the sea floor which actually makes a fertile
seafloor with good crabbing !
Gordon

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
Why is it a good thing to eat wild commercially caught salmon and a bad
thing to eat farmed salmon?
Here in Washington State, we spend millions to enhance streams, reverse
erosion, stop cows from peeing in creeks, etc to save dwindling stocks
of
wild salmon and at the same time, conservationists tell us to eat wild
fish
only! What the ^%$&?
And while I'm at it, why do people go nuts when there is a minor sewage
spill yet the city of Victoria Canada can dump 34 million gallons of
untreated sewage per DAY into the Straits of Juan de Fuca with no
adverse
effects?
Gordon

--

Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee,
and
thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere.



Because of the feed for the farm raised fish. They are eating beef and
pork
animal by products. So the fish do not have the healthy Omega 3 oil
levels.
Plus disease, and all the concentrated poop they swim in.

Chronic wasting disease
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fu...about.overview

Gordon

http://www.healthcastle.com/farmed-salmon.shtml

A site that will still leave the issue confused.
Gordon

Okay, how about one more website, obviously in support of farmed salmon.
This site has answers to all your questions, but from a farm point of view.
So who do you believe?
http://www.salmonoftheamericas.com/index.html

The one thing that stands out in all the hyperbole is the difference
between EPA and FDA safe levels of pcb's. About a 10x difference.

So who do you trust? Beats me.
Gordon

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:24:15 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Because of the feed for the farm raised fish. They are eating beef and pork
animal by products. So the fish do not have the healthy Omega 3 oil levels.
Plus disease, and all the concentrated poop they swim in.

The Omega 3 thing is the big issue. And, they have feed the fish food
coloring so they look like salmon.

A big thing for me is they just don't taste as good. Farmed raised
salmon is very bland compared to wild.

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