Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) have a long, thin body, small head, blunt nose and their mouth extends back below the eye. Adult salmon are silver in colour with nearly all white undersides and distinct dark blue-green, cross-like spots over the body and head. Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland and Labrador are generally less than 70 cm (28 inches) in length and weigh less than 4.5 kg (10 pounds). Atlantic salmon are a distant relative of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) and closely related to Brown trout (Salmo trutta).
Availability
This species is farmed
Product form
Cold smoked ,hot smoked, rillettes, other products
Certifications
Our companies are certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Fishing sector
FAO zone 21
Nutrition values
- Calories 250
- Lipides 19 g
- Saturés 4.3 g
- Cholestérol 81 mg
- Sodium 30.8 mg
- Glucides 0.4 g
- Protéines 20 g
- Calcium 45 mg
- Potassium 369 mg
- Fer 0.3 mg
Health benefits
Farmed Atlantic Salmon is an excellent source of vitamin D.
Latin name
Salmo salar
