How are they harvested?
Vital Choice salmon are harvested in a variety of ways, including by hook and line (“troller”), gill net and purse seine. In all cases our salmon spend their lives as nature intended and are only caught under strict fisheries management guidelines as they approach the end of their natural life cycle. Pacific salmon are typically caught as they migrate back from the ocean toward their freshwater spawning grounds. Those that do escape to spawn will die shortly thereafter. The manner in which harvested fish die depends upon the gear used to harvest them. A troller will typically stun and bleed the fish immediately after removing it from the water. Gill net and purse seine caught fish will succumb quickly from lack of oxygen after leaving the water. As Dr. Tina Wellman wrote in a recent article for Total Health Magazine, “If ever there was a humane way of harvesting animal protein for human consumption it would be Alaska’s commercial salmon fisheries…
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