Two major types of salmon: wild v farmed

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Hi,"wild salmon", "farmed salmon" - these collocations are very common afaik.Are there other ways to say "wild salmon"?Let me clarify what I am asking about... You can say "farmed salmon" or "farmed-raised salmon, for example, am I correct? Perhaps there is a third/etc. way to say "farmed s."?Is "wild" the only appropriate attribute/modifier before "salmon when meaning "wild salmon"?mus-te

Philip · Accepted Answer

We eat a lot of salmon where I live, and I don't remember hearing anything other than "wild".  There may be "types" of salmon that bear the name of their origin, but they are assumed to be wild.

Anonymous · Answer

Actually, truly wild salmon - that is, salmon that are spawned in crystal-clear mountain streams after their parents have climbed the rapids to get there - are getting rarer and rarer.   What we have today in many instances are salmon that are spawned in commercial hatcheries, raised in tanks until they are fingerlings, and then released into the wild where they live like wild salmon in the ocean.  Then when they are ready to spawn, they instinctively return to the commercial hatcheries, where their reproductive material is removed and they are processed for their meat, and then the whole process of artificial spawning is repeated.   So this type of salmon might be called commercially-spawned.

MUSCOVITE · Answer

Philipd I don't remember hearing anything other than "wild"

I see. Thank you!

MUSCOVITE · Answer

Thanks for this interesting story!
To summarize, one can distinguish among

(1) wild salmon
(2) farmed aka farm-grown aka farm-raised salmon
(3) commercially-spawned salmon ( "semi-wild salmon so to say :-)

Two major types of salmon: wild v farmed

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