Creative Salmon Company Ltd. - Tofino, BC, Canada - Naturally Raised, Chinook Salmon

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CREATIVE SALMON CO. LTD.
PO Box 265
612 Campbell Street
Tofino, BC
V0R 2Z0
Phone: 250.725.2884
Fax: 250.725.2885
info@creativesalmon.com

ã 2004 - 2008 All Rights Reserved Creative Salmon Co. Ltd.
This site was last updated
Sunday, 22 June 2008
www.creativesalmon.com

At this time Creative Salmon's products are not Certified Organic.
CS Naturally Raised 11-01-05.pdf

Creative Salmon is one of the founding members of the Pacific Organic Seafood Association (POSA). At this time our standards are under review by the Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia (COABC).  Creative Salmon's goal is to achieve organic certification as a producer member of the Pacific Organic Seafood Association, when POSA becomes accredited as a Certification Body.

About the PACIFIC ORGANIC SEAFOOD ASSOCIATION:

Pacific Organic Seafood Association (POSA) members raise salmon in a healthy, safe and environmentally friendly way. The standards used by POSA members meet or exceed standards that have been set by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). The standards that have been set for POSA members are based on a review of standards that have been accepted by 14 global organic standard setting organizations for the organic rearing of aquatic species. In addition to these global standards POSA members have additional standards, which address local social and ecological issues. For example:

- Feed Ingredients

The diets are made with fishmeals and organic grains. Feedstuff from wild resources must be from wild resources, which are harvested according to the "Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries" (FAO, 1995). A farmed salmon uses less wild fish in their feed than a wild salmon would eat naturally. Feeds are produced using by-products from fish used for human consumption. This is the best use of this material because; by using this material the biological capital inherent in this material (high grade amino acids and long chain omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids) is conserved for use in human nutrition.

Taplow Feeds Letter of Authenticity June 2008.pdf

- High levels of Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids

By using a diet based on fish meal and fish oil our salmon is rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. These are the good fats that help prevent heart attacks.

- Grown in a pristine environment

Farms are located in the pristine waters of coastal BC. Salmon need a healthy environment to grow in. That is why salmon farms are located in cool, clean coastal waters.

- Fish welfare

The Five Freedoms are met: freedom from malnutrition, freedom from injury and disease, freedom from fear and distress, freedom from unnecessary restriction on behavior, freedom from thermal and physical discomfort. Fish are raised at a low density in large, expansive enclosures.

- Sustainable farming practices

Generate economic benefits while having respect for our employees, the community, the environment and the fish that we grow.

- Only indigenous species are raised

        POSA standards require that only indigenous species be grown.

- Environmental monitoring

There is continuous monitoring of the environment around salmon farms to ensure that there are minimal environmental impacts. Impacts are temporal and reversible and we fallow farms to ensure that impacts are minimal.