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Salmon's future = scary.

the future of all fish is scary... remember what happened to the cod fishery?

back home, we were able to get organic farmed salmon from Ireland, and the occasional wild salmon -- either in season, or canned.

Here in Europe, we don't touch the stuff. I am still trying to figure out the fish names to understand which fish are okay to eat (ethically speaking), and which aren't.

As for omega-3s, we get ours from cheese -- last year, I heard a cardiologist speak about how alpage cheeses (cheeses made from the milk of cows when they are on the summer "alpages") are high in omega-3s as a result of the wildflowers and grasses the cows eat.

There is also a Swiss cheese made with the milk of cows who consume a diet of flax grasses -- le Maréchal.

http://www.le-maréchal.ch/en/index.html

If all farm animals were to go back to traditional (flax) pasture (commonly fed to animals before the popularity of cotton), all our food would be higher in omega-3s. It's a concept that is growing in popularity in France.

Monika, great info there, thanks.
Many people say to save wild salmon you have to eat it. Do they mean instead of farmed salmon, or even if you don't eat salmon you should be buying it to save it. I don't get it.

I eat sardines and anchovies and call it good.

One thing about seafood warnings that many people don't think about is that some fish may not be available to some people, like myself, in a place like Chicago. But, that same fish may be available to people who live within a few miles of where it is caught--meaning, it is available to the locals. So, if there is a strict quota on commercial fishing of a particular species, there is not enough to ship, or a handful of fish may be shipped to the highest bidders across the country or in Europe or Japan.

Another argument for local cuisine.

just a heads-up on the fish thing: if anyone's looking for a way to tell what fish to buy or not, take a look at the monterey bay aquarium seafood watch chart. they have printable ones that you can stick in your wallet, and i always carry mine on me. @monika: they don't have one for europe unfortunately, but i wonder if there's a group that does the same thing over there?