We Got Our Fish Tested for Microplastics and Mercury

The results are in! A few months ago, we sent our trout to a lab to be tested for microplastic and mercury content. The results came back: our fish have ZERO traces of microplastics and are 100% mercury-safe.

Big thanks to our friends at Seatopia for sponsoring this test. We are proud to be partnered with folks who are as passionate about clean, sustainable seafood as we are!

Here are the lab results:

What are microplastics?

Microplastics are generally defined as polymeric particles smaller than 5 mm in size in any one dimension, present in wastewater, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Due to their small size, they may not be easily removed during the wastewater filtration processes and can enter the ecosystem, negatively impacting the environment. The common sources of microplastics are additives in personal care products, synthetic fibers, resin pellets, tire recycling, medical products, abrasion and exfoliating beads used in furniture and insulation, fragments of larger plastic items as they degrade from the effects of ultraviolet rays, and other weathering factors. Microplastics can potentially leach toxic chemicals, including endocrine disruption chemicals such as bisphenol A and phthalates.