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Mar182015

The costliest part of feeding farmed salmon?

DateWednesday, March 18, 2015 at 12:00AM

The pill that turns them pink.

Pigmenting supplements are the most expensive component of the farmed salmon diet, constituting up to 20 percent of feed costs.

LINK (via: The Atlantic)

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    Response: Facts left behind...
    by Grant Warkentin at Cermaq on March 23, 2015
    Widely-reposted story about salmon feed pigment additives is based on incorrect information

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