The Costco fish is packed in a 4% salt solution

The Washington Post recently provided a top chef with a variety of wild and farmed salmon, ranging in price from $6/lb. to $20/lb., and had him prepare dishes for a table of food-snob judges. In the end, farmed salmon handily defeated the wild stuff and the Post concluded that you don’t always get what you pay for.

Judging each salmon on a scale of 1-10, the cheapo Costco fish scored the highest at 7.6. Costco also had the lowest-scoring fish on the test, as the wild coho brought up the rear with a mere 3.9 out of 10.

LINK  (via: The Consumerist)

Salmon Killers: Top 10 Threats to the King of Fish

In September 2012 the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission released a report, “State of Our Watersheds,” documenting the results of local and state planning that have been in conflict with salmon habitat-recovery goals.

Here are the principle findings as to what salmon habitat faces.

Ground Hog Day Plan

The Obama administration's latest plan for making 14 hydroelectric dams in the Northwest safe for salmon offers no major changes in strategy and continues to rely on habitat improvements to overcome the numbers of fish killed by the dams.

LINK (via:The News Tribune)

Episode 1: The Fish Ladder

Why are there no Salmon in the Upper Columbia River? What can we do about that? What are the options?

In this first episode, we explore the ongoing discussion of salmon passage (Fish Ladder) at the Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph Dams. We hear from tribal members, fishery biologists, and the crew of Voyages of Rediscovery as they prepare for their journey up the Columbia River, honoring the historic and once prolific salmon runs up the Columbia River.

The mission is to paddle up the Columbia River from Sea2Source in 5 salmon inspired dugout canoes carved by 1000s of students who had salmon removed from their cultures by the creation of the grand coulee dam.

Now We paddle for the Salmon.

Headlines that make the Chum want to eat some Fukushima sushi

Idaho dedicates hatchery to wild sockeye revival

LINK (via: The Spokesman Review)

Shred Till Death, Salmon

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