--- title: Should I Eat Farmed Salmon or Wild Salmon? description: Wild salmon is a great choice for health because of its omega 3 content and healthy fat, say all five of our experts canonical: https://time.com/3984098/salmon-omega/ author: Mandy Oaklander article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-27T16:02:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:10.748Z article:section: Health og:title: Should I Eat Salmon? og:description: Wild salmon is a great choice for health because of its omega 3 content and healthy fat, say all five of our experts og:url: https://time.com/3984098/salmon-omega/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt845b4e4f150dcf32/698860c05f570f1ae4b1d129/screen-shot-2015-08-25-at-12-03-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1110&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1110 og:image:height: 624 og:image:alt: salmon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Should I Eat Salmon? twitter:description: Wild salmon is a great choice for health because of its omega 3 content and healthy fat, say all five of our experts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt845b4e4f150dcf32/698860c05f570f1ae4b1d129/screen-shot-2015-08-25-at-12-03-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1110&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Should I Eat Salmon? > Sponsored content. 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Omega 3 fatty acids are salmon’s claim to fame, “providing anywhere between 2-3 grams per 3-oz. serving,” says **Julia Renee Zumpano**, a registered dietitian at the Center for Preventive Cardiology Cleveland Clinic. (To put that into perspective, that’s the nutrient equivalent of taking three days’ worth of soft gels of fish oil in supplement form.) “Omega 3 fatty acids can help reduce blood triglycerides, blood pressure, and reduce swelling.” “Wild is better than farmed,” says **Dr. David Katz**, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center, an assertion with which most of our experts agree. Zumpano points out that farmed salmon may contain more saturated fat, calories, pollutants and antibiotics than wild salmon. (Salmon does have low mercury levels, however, according to the [FDA](http://www.fda.gov/food/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm110591.htm).) Farmed salmon may not deliver as many omega-3s, says **Peter D. Nichols**, senior principal research scientist at CSIRO Food, Nutrition & Bioproducts in Australia who’s researched long-chain omega-3 (LC Omega-3) oils. “The content of the LC Omega-3 has generally decreased in farmed salmon both in Australia and globally,” he says. “The LC omega-3 content is about half of what it used to be, although we should also note that this is still generally 10-100 fold higher than most other food groups.” Not all farmed salmon is bad, though, says **Tim** **Fitzgerald**, director of impact in the oceans program at the Environmental Defense Fund. “Although most generic farmed salmon—often labeled ‘Atlantic’ in stores—still comes with a variety of environmental concerns, a number of new companies are upping their game and showing that salmon farming doesn’t have to be on everyone’s ‘avoid’ list,” he says. A few of his favorite sustainably farmed salmon standouts are [Atlantic Sapphire](http://www.atlanticsapphire.com), [Kuterra](http://www.kuterra.com/) and [Verlasso](http://www.verlasso.com). Fitzgerald also likes arctic char as an alternative to farmed salmon. “It’s closely related to salmon—so looks and tastes very similar, it’s farmed responsibly, and has a price point somewhere between Atlantic and wild Alaskan salmon.” For the overall most sustainable salmon, choose wild Alaskan salmon, says **Kimberly** **Warner**, a senior scientist at Oceana, a nonprofit focused on ocean conservation. “Wild Alaskan salmon are managed well in the U.S.,” she says. It’s expensive, but you’ll be getting an especially good deal during the summer salmon season (and buying fish in season means the fish is most likely to be honestly labeled, she says). But don’t forget: not every fish worth eating comes on ice. “Virtually all canned salmon is wild-caught in Alaska,” Fitzgerald says, “so you can get all of the environmental and health benefits for just a few dollars.”  Illustration by Lon Tweeten for TIME [_Read Next: Should I Eat Tilapia?_](http://time.com/3895811/tilapia-health-benefits/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3984098/salmon-omega/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3984098/salmon-omega/"},"headline":"Should I Eat Salmon?","datePublished":"2015-08-27T16:02:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:10.748Z","description":"Wild salmon is a great choice for health because of its omega 3 content and healthy fat, say all five of our experts","url":"https://time.com/3984098/salmon-omega/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Salmon","omega-3","mercury","fish","should i eat this?"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt845b4e4f150dcf32/698860c05f570f1ae4b1d129/screen-shot-2015-08-25-at-12-03-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mandy Oaklander","jobTitle":"Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mandy-oaklander/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt845b4e4f150dcf32/698860c05f570f1ae4b1d129/screen-shot-2015-08-25-at-12-03-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"salmon","caption":"salmon","creditText":"Illustration by Lon Tweeten for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3984098/salmon-omega/","name":"Should I Eat Salmon?"}}]}] ```