Sausalito, CA - Salmon Season was closed for California in 2008 and world wide Wild Salmon numbers are at an all time low. At Fish. Restaurant we serve Wild Salmon when we are able to get it from a trusted sustainable source but when we can't we won't use farmed salmon and neither should you. Here are the reasons why...

Crowding, Poop (That's right we said it), Disease, Toxins, Dye, Invaders, Killings, and Less Food.

contaminated feed materials. As a result, an average farmed salmon steak is nearly ten times higher in PCBs than a wild one.

Dye - wild salmon gets its color from its natural prey. But farmed salmon gets its color from an added dye. Without that added pigment, it would be a pale gray.

Invaders - farmers prefer Atlantic salmon to native Pacific species. When Atlantics escape their pens, they compete for habitat with wild fish. Now they are found as far north as Alaska, where salmon farming has been banned.

Killings - when seals and sea lions see fish farms, they think free lunch. As a result, salmon farmers trying to protect their fish shoot hundreds every year.

Less Food - salmon are carnivores. To raise one pound of salmon in captivity requires over three pounds of mackerel, sardines, and other feed sources. That is a net loss of 68% of the edible fish protein.

So what is the conclusion?

Do Not eat farmed salmon! Too disturbing to be true? Check out What is Behind That Farmed Salmon Steak Facts and Footnotes at www.SalmonNation.com/Farmed.html.

This information is provided by www.salmonnation.com a project of ecotrust and is reprinted here without their permission but it is too succinct and pithy to go through the motions of recreating it in a less educated and wordy manner. 

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Fish. is open seven days a week, from 11:30 - 8:30 (with  limited food from 4:30 -5:30), so come on down to the water and eat the freshest and most sustainable choices in food you'll find anywhere.

If you're looking for something to do after or before dining at fish, make sure to check our "Local Activities" page. We promise to keep it updated and, hopefully, always list something fun you might not have heard about elsewhere.

Dear Little Billy,
What the heck can I do about this big Salmon problem?
 - Willing to Help

Dear Willing to Help,
Okay, I've got a few siggesst, er, recummind, um, answers. Choose Wild Salmon, don't eat farmed. Let your political representatives know that Wild Salmon matter to you. Don't blame every fishermen out there. Wild Salmon are threatened for many reasons not just over fishing but there are fishermen right in our own backyard (literally) who fish responsibly, sustainably and without hurting the ocean or planet. Call Kenny at Fish to find out who these folks are.

Dear Little Billy,
What is a sustainable fishing enviromnent?
- Hungry in Marin

Dear Hungry,
A sus-what? Aw shucks, I'm just a kid. I can't say those big words. But my pa tells me it's where everyone wins on account a they're putting back the fish when they catch 'em. That way there's always some for me to catch! Anyway, check out some of these links on this page for stuff about fish, and stuff.
- Little Billy