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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Not-so-organic salmon USDA considers first-ever organic standards for farmed fish	Andrew Sharpless	20 May 2008	Gristmill
You may have seen 'organic salmon' on the menu in your favorite seafood restaurant or counter. Guess what? It's not organic, according to the USDA. It turns out that some fishmongers have been promoting their fish as organic with definitions of their own. This week, a USDA advisory panel will consider a key element of the country's first-ever standards for 'organic' farmed fish, including salmon. The surprising news is that this standard -- if adopted -- could ...
Topics: aquaculture, Department of Agriculture, food, oceans, organic food, salmon (all these topics)

It ain't natural But it could be organic	Kate Sheppard	29 Nov 2006	Gristmill
It's a good question, really: When is a fish really organic? The New York Times mulled this question in the business section yesterday. If the organic label hinges upon a vegetative diet and not using antibiotics or growth hormones, then farmed fish can be organic. But what's natural about confining thousands of fish in nets? And what's unnatural about carnivorous fish like salmon that feed upon other fish born in the wild?Ponders the Times:[A] proposed guideline at ...
Topics: aquaculture, food, organic food (all these topics)