Norway's fish farms are feeding their salmon an increasingly vegetarian diet in order to make their businesses more sustainable, but for these carnivorous pink-fleshed fish, all is not rosy."The more (of a) vegetarian diet the fish-eating salmon get, the more distant that is from its original life, and adds to the escalating difference between the original wild salmon and the domesticated farmed salmon," said Gulowsen.
Learn the different characteristics of farmed salmon and wild salmon, and the most common types available, including Alaska sockeye, keta, king, pink, and coho. We explain what they look and taste like and the best ways to enjoy them.