Fishing For Salmon

Salmon fishing is a sport for the true angler. Not only is it a test of knowledge and skill, but it also yields a fair amount of money for the business fisherman. You can make a lot of money selling salmon as it is a sushi delicacy. Salmon has high protein and omega-three fatty acids making it very healthy to eat. Watch out for farmed salmon though since they contain a high level of dioxins. As a simple rule of thumb, the vast majority of Atlantic Ocean salmon available on the world market are farmed (greater than ninety-nine percent), but the majority of Pacific Ocean salmon is wild-caught (greater than eighty percent).

Salmon aquaculture is the major economic contributor to the world production of farmed fish, representing over one billion U.S. dollars annually. Other commonly cultured fish species include tilapia, catfish, sea bass, carp, bream, and trout. Salmon farming is very big in Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Canada, and Chile and is the source for most salmon consumed in America and Europe.

Many wild Salmon stocks have seen a marked decline in recent decades, especially the North Atlantic populations which spawn in Western European waters. The cause of this decline is not well understood but is likely to include a number of factors including overfishing in general but especially commercial netting in Canadian waters and Greenland.

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