Salmon-Food, Sport and Business
May 27
Salmon is a well known group of fish species found in the both the Atlantic and Pacific ocean, and also the great lakes of North America. One of the salmon’s famous traits is it’s long distance migration from rivers to oceans and then back again to the rivers to lay eggs. There are many types of salmon, these include the Atlantic salmon, king salmon (Chinook), the red salmon (Sockeye), the silver salmon (Coho), the chum salmon (Keta) and the humpback or pink salmon. Many of the salmon, such as the red salmon or pink salmon are so called for the colour of their flesh. This colour is caused by carotenoid pigments in salmon flesh, which are present in salmon due to their diet of krill and shellfish. Salmon are a carnivorous fish, and young salmon feed on insects and crustaceans while older ones feed on other smaller fishes.
Salmon is used in a variety of recipes such as salmon fillets, salmon marinade, sashimi and salmon steak. There are many popular methods of salmon preparation which include baking, poaching, grilling and barbecuing. Canned or smoked salmon is also popular. Salmon besides being a popular food fish, is also a game fish favored by many recreational anglers, because certain salmon species can grow to a large size besides offering a good fight and being delicious to eat.
The diminishing numbers of salmon in the wild combined with its rising demand has necessitated alternate sources of salmon apart from wild catch. Therefore salmon are also widely raised in salmon fish farms. Salmon farming provides consumers with salmon throughout the year and at lower prices compared to wild salmon. Salmon farming is a big industry in countries like Canada, Chile, Scotland and Norway, and farm raised salmon form a substantial part of the seafood diet in Europe and North America.