Best way to buy salmon?

I grilled some sockeye salmon from Fresh Market the other night on cedar planks and it was outstanding. I like sockeye and king salmon the best. I steer clear of the farm raised kind and opt out for the wild caught varieties.

There are 2 types of salmon, Atlantic that will always be farm raised and Pacific Northwest that will almost always be wild caught. The most common Pacific Norhwest varieties are Coho and Sockeye. You may also see King and Copper River but these 2 will be very expensive and not worth the $$ IMO. Most salmon you see at stores will be previously frozen or frozen. Either is fine but I seem to always buy the thawed salmon in the display case.....usually at Whole Foods or Central Market.....they have the freshest fish in my area (Dallas). I never by atlantic as it doesn't taste as good to me as PNW. I remove the bones w/ scissor tweezers (although Whole foods does this for me) and usually marinate for a minimum of 4 hours in a lime juice/soy/ olive oil/ salt mixture....I will sometimes add a little mustard or whiskey or honey. I always grill over charcoal AT A LOW TEMP OF 275 OR SO. I almost always use a cedar plank....I buy cedar fencing board at Home Depot and cut it into 12" length. DO NOT OVER COOK. Google how to cook salmon....under cooked>>>>over cooked. I grill enough to eat on for 3 days. The second and third day I usually make a salmon burger or salmon tacos. Smoke salmon pasta is really good too but it is heavy on the cream so not very healthy.

I don't buy any meat at WalMart. it's just a thing I have.

I get salmon from trusted grocers, although I know anything we get in LA is previously frozen.

Whole Foods has good quality in BR. There are a lot of websites that you can overnight in some high quality stuff. Did that for Christmas and sous vide it turned out awesome

I get my salmon from Costco. I'm sure it is farm raised, but it is also delicious.

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Zappa please stop doing this. The fence board is usually treated with chemicals. You need cedar intended for cooking.

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wrong

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Cedar is not treated.....it doesnt need to be treated as it is naturally rot resistant. I have confirmed this multiple ways and any treated wood has to be labeled as such.

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correct

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Do I just go to Walmart and buy

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If you're on the FDB the answer to this question is always NO

Great info in here. Thanks.

Atlantic salmon is crap make sure you get pacific salmon