Agri-Food Monitoring

The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program has given Maine farmed salmon a “good alternative” rating, the first such rating for any North American farmed salmon. Seafood Watch investigated the feed type, stock origin, aquaculture practices and state and federal regulations to determine one of three ratings for each of the world’s fisheries – “best choice,” “good alternative” or “avoid.” Much of Maine’s farmed salmon is produced at facilities owned or operated by Canadian-based Cooke Aquaculture…