U.S. Demand for Imported Farmed Salmon in the Face of Science Regarding PCB Contamination

• Main Authors: Roheim, Cathy, Sha, Sha
• Format: Report
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade
• Subjects: Sustainable Fisheries > Congresses; Fisheries > Economic aspects > Congresses; Canada; Norway; Hicks; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/conference_proceedings_or_journals/bn999764c

A debate about the level of organic contaminants in farmed salmon relative to wild salmon was started with an article published the journal Science in January 2004. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other contaminants were found to be significantly higher in farmed salmon than i...