[sugarcatmom]

Originally Posted by dogmelissa

I still think it's a bit of a 'shock' opinion - especially the stuff about farmed salmon being fed colouring.

Might want to research that a bit more before dismissing it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/di...less-rosy.html
http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/123199_dye23.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2003/05...ng_030501.html
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Salmon...rs.-a087749668

.....consumers learned about another difference, when the class-action lawsuit in Washington called attention to the little-known fact that farmed salmon are not naturally salmon pink or red, and that if they were not fed artificial colors they would range from gray or khaki to pale yellow or pale pink. Wild salmon turn pink from the krill and shrimp they eat. (Farmed salmon eat a fishmeal diet.) The lawsuit accused three supermarket chains of violating Food and Drug Administration regulations by not telling shoppers that farmed salmon were artificially colored, thus leading them to think they were buying wild fish. ....

Hoffmann-La Roche, one company that makes the dyes, canthaxanthin and the more expensive astaxanthin, from petrochemicals, offers salmon farmers the SalmoFan, a sort of paint wheel with assorted shades of pink, to help them create the color they think their customers want. ...