According to an article in yesterday's New York Times the market for organic foods continues to grow with sales reaching US$13.8 billion in 2005 compared with US$3.6 billion in 1997.
But there's not much 'organic seafood' about because of problems with definitions and also what fish eat.
Now I would have thought a wild Atlantic salmon would automatically qualify as organic. But according to the US Agriculture Department to be organic you need to be farmed: read the full story here including that: "Environmentalists rightly argue that many farm-raised fish live in cramped nets in conditions that can pollute the water, and that calling them organic is a perversion of the label. Those who catch and sell wild fish say that their products should be called organic and worry that if they are not, fish farmers will gain a huge leg up."
Hey! there,
No amount of obfuscation or pontification will suffice in determining what if any contaminants are present in anything and everything.
You have to test it!
Then see what if anything you can do to reduce the contaminant. Can you identify the source of the contamination? Etc etc. It's elementary! (Or is it yellow manta ray?).
Let me know when you're done. But remeber what goes around, somes around. What goes in must come out. And you are what you eat. Have you been tested lately? Well then, don't eat yourself, and better think twice before breeding! Perhaps a little detox is required......
I have spoken. Ommmmmmmmmmmmm.
Have fun,
Deb