{"id":330,"date":"2014-10-16T11:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T10:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.pittmanseafoods.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2014-10-16T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T10:16:45","slug":"wild-and-farmed-salmon-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academy.pittmanseafoods.com\/en\/2014\/10\/wild-and-farmed-salmon-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild and farmed salmon: What\u2019s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Instantly recognisable by a distinct colour palette that varies from dusty pink to bright apricot orange, salmon encompasses a wide variety of species and production methods. However, the global salmon trade is mainly dominated by wild Pacific and farmed Atlantic fish, both of which are available from Pittman Seafoods. There are five different wild-caught Pacific Ocean salmon species\u2014king, pink, chum, sockeye and coho\u2014 all of which are very closely related to one another, but have different flavour and texture profiles.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Wild Pacific salmon plays an important part in the world salmon trade. A large proportion of these fish are caught in the United States and, according to the <em>Fisheries Economics of the US <\/em>report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US commercial fishermen harvested \u20ac352.3 million worth of Pacific salmon in 2012. This was the country\u2019s second-most valuable seafood, behind scallops in first place with a value of \u20ac402.7 million. The majority of Alaskan salmon is sold in the United States but there are also significant exports to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ABUNDANT STOCKS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Of the Pacific varieties, pink salmon (<em>Oncorhynchus gorbuscha<\/em>) are the smallest (3\u20135 pounds) and the most abundant. It is, therefore, Pittman\u2019s main wild salmon species in terms of volume. In North America, pinks are found from Alaska to Puget Sound in Washington State, but the largest catches are in Alaska, where the speciesaccount for almost half the salmon harvested in the state\u2019s fisheries. Last year, Alaska caught 226.3 million of them. The Alaskan salmon-fishery management ranks\u2028among the best in the world and the state has many\u2028Category-A fisheries. Recognised strengths include its data\u2028transparency, escapement-monitoring\u2028coverage and explicit prioritisation of wild stocks in legislation. As well as Alaska and the US west coast, there are significant pink catches in both Russia and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>AQUACULTURE BOOM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The most widely available salmon in the world is the farmed Atlantic (<em>Salmo salar<\/em>) variety, and the global market for this species is currently valued at more than \u20ac8.2 billion. Total Atlantic salmon output is expected to grow slightly this year to just under 2.1 million tonnes, followed by a further 3 per cent in 2015. While Chile\u2019s Atlantic salmon industry has made a strong recovery from its 2010 low point and produced around 450,000 tonnes of the fish in 2013, salmon farming continues to be dominated by Norway, which is on course to set a new export record this year.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the Scandinavian country\u2019s salmon exports achieved a value of \u20ac2.6 billion in the first half of 2014, an increase of 24 per cent year-on-year and the sector\u2019s highest export value ever for the first six months of a year. With no slowdown anticipated in the trade, Norway is expected to surpass its performance in 2013, when its salmon exports achieved a record value of \u20ac4.8 billion\u201435 per cent higher than the previous year. The 2013 total was reached with 960,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>KEY MARKETS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the first half of 2014, Norway exported 389,771 tonnes of whole, fresh salmon, an increase of 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The EU is the most important market for this product, with imports of 285,824 tonnes in the first six months of 2014, an increase of 12.8 per cent. Within the EU, Poland was the biggest single market country with imports of 52,261 tonnes, followed by France with 43,229 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to whole, fresh salmon, Norway also exported 35,458 tonnes of fresh salmon fillets and 16,816 tonnes of frozen salmon fillets in the first half of 2014, representing year-on-year increases of 10 per cent and 9 per cent respectively. France was the largest market for fresh salmon fillets with imports of 8,525 tonnes, followed by Poland with 5,395 tonnes. 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