I've read a lot about the benefits of wild salmon and really enjoy
eating it as well.  Unfortunately it seems to be very difficult to
find inexpensive sources of wild salmon.  Farmed salmon is everywhere
and can generally be purchased (here in LA) for around $5/pound. 
However, wild salmon typically ranges between $12 and $15/pound.  The
cheapest source of wild salmon that I have found is here:

http://www.vitalchoice.com

It's still around $10-$11 a pound and you have to order in extremely
large quantities to get that price.

I'd love to find an inexpensive source of wild salmon (either local to
Los Angeles or mail order) that I could rely on.  Frozen salmon
fillets would be fine and in some ways would actually be preferable to
fresh salmon.  If I could find something that would be under $10 a
pound (including any tax and delivery charges) that would be excellent
and I would consider this question answered satifactorily.

Thanks!

JPBischke --

Your request is a hot topic.  Look what's in today's New York Times Food Section.
No report of real bargains, unfortunately, but I couldn't resist posting it when I
saw your question:

"Some consumers have crossed farm-raised salmon off their shopping
lists for environmental and health reasons. But what kind of smoked
salmon are they buying? Western smoked salmon is usually from wild
fish caught in Washington or Alaska. Acme Smoked Fish in Greenpoint,
Brooklyn, is now cold-smoking wild sockeye from the Pacific Northwest
that's almost vermilion in color, right. It has a firm, muscular
texture and a mellow mildness. In about a week it will be sold under
the Blue Hill Bay label at Costco stores, $9.95 for 12 ounces. Smoked
king salmon bearing the Acme label ($32 a pound at Russ & Daughters),
is paler and more assertive. Acme's outlet store, 30 Gem Street in
Greenpoint, carries these fish on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fairway markets carry cold-smoked wild Baltic salmon that's a charming
tea-rose color, satiny without being too fat, and sweetly briny, like
fresh mussels. It's $27.96 a pound."

http://www.cityfish.com/ (Seattle)

Go to the specials section of this site and you will see King Salmon -
$4.99 (price per pound) including shipping.  I called to verify and
all the Salmon they sell is wild.


City Fish!
1-800-334-2669 

You may also print and fax your order to 
(206) 467-5155 

 

Best Wishes!

The cheapest source of wild salmon is canned salmon. It's not so great
straight out of the can, but you can make a pretty fine salmon loaf
with it, and the price is right.

"Most canned salmon is also wild, as farmed fish don't pack well."

http://www.sierraclub.org/e-files/wild_salmon.asp 

"Generally speaking, most canned salmon is wild unless the label
states 'Atlantic salmon.' If the fish is labelled as Atlantic Salmon,
it's farmed."

http://chealth.canoe.ca/health_news_detail_pf.asp?news_id=11219

Lo and behold I was at Trader Joe's today and they had fresh wild
Alaskan salmon for...$7.49/pound.  Not a bad deal compared with what
farmed salmon usually costs.  I'm not sure if this was a sale and I'm
also not sure if this is available year round but I'll keep my fingers
crossed.