Get 10 lbs of Copper River Sockeye Salmon for sale and save almost $50. Our 95% "Bone-Free" Copper River Sockeye Salmon is marbled with layers of fat and oil. These rare copper river salmon portions have firm flesh that is remarkably red and rich. These are premium quality salmon, harvested by family fishermen, and protected for long term sustainability Fresh flash frozen, vacuum packed. 4-10 ounce fillets.
With this special, you will receive 10 lbs of Copper River Sockeye Salmon.
Tell me more about this Copper River Salmon I've heard so much about. It's not surprising why Copper River Salmon have been touted as the "Rolls Royce of Salmon" with a flavor that is second to none. Besides being simply delicious, Copper River Salmon are full of Omega 3 fatty acids which is what gives them their defined flavor profile. Considered by many as the most premium wild salmon available, Copper River Salmon are famous/ known for this fat content which is needed for them to swim almost 300 miles up the copper river.
What makes some wild salmon have more fat than others? Wild Salmon fat content is typically dictated by the length of the river the salmon must swim up; the longer the river, the more fat reserves the salmon must have to make their way up it. What makes the Copper River so special is that it is both a long river and extremely fast moving one. The Copper River flows at an average of 7 miles an hours, which is about 6 times faster than the speed at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Due to this turbulent current, Copper River Salmon must have even higher fat reserves to travel up it than they would a normal flowing one. The Copper Rivers faster current speeds can be attributed to its almost 3/4 mile vertical elevation (3,600 ft) drop through the Wrangell and Chugach Mountain Ranges.
Benefits to eating Wild over farmed raised salmon. Dha comes from salmon, which is a beneficial source of nutrition for the human brain. Essentially, Omega 3's are good for you and Omega 6's aren't. Although farm raised salmon can have higher levels of fats than Wild Salmon, farm raised salmon do not have the same health benefits. Because the farm raised salmon are fed pellets full of things that aren't good for you like vegetable oil and grains, essentially any of the beneficial Omega 3's in farmed salmon are outweighed by the negative effects of Omega 6's, which come from their man fed diets. In fact, it can take up to 3 times as much fish feed to make up the weight in a farmed salmon.
DHA comes from phytoplankton which wild salmon get in the open ocean and farmed salmon don't. A wild salmon's diet is composed of wild seafood like plankton, shrimp, small baitfish, krill, and other small crustaceans; all foods that are good for you to eat as well. Salmon eat this food in order to grow and put fat reserves away for their long journey up the rivers where they were born to the place that they were hatched from eggs. Farm salmon essentially swim in small cages, just getting fat, almost lathargic like, until they are harvested. The pigment color of the meat in salmon is from a carotenoid called astaxanthin. Naturally occuring astaxanthin (like in wild seafood) has numerous health benefits aiding in the prevention of diseases, aging, and inflammation. Farmed salmon are typically given a synthetic version of astaxanthin to dye the color of the flesh; otherwise, a farmed salmon meat would be a brown color without being dyed.
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All orders of at least 8 pounds qualify for free shipping anywhere within the Continental United States. For orders less than the 8 pound minimum, the following shipping fees apply:
| Order Size (lbs) | Shipping Cost | Hawaii Surcharge |
|---|---|---|
| 1-7 lbs. | $75.00 | $45.00 |
| 8 lbs. or more | FREE | $45.00 |
- We offer shipping insurance which covers your shipping cost for a reshipment of your exact same order if ALL of the following occurs: Your package is delayed a day or more AND the products are spoiled. (products are expected to arrive anywhere from frozen to an unfrozen "cool to the touch" state.) We must have a picture of the box, picture of the fedex label on the box and a picture of all the products that are spoiled in order to provide a complimentary reshipment of your products and for your shipping insurance to take effect.
- We recommend shipping insurance for all packages and is required for each box to be covered. Example: if you place an order that requires us to use 2 boxes to ship the order to you then each box must be insured to qualify for the shipping insurance coverage if purchased.
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