"Wee Willy" > wrote in message
news:YiZ9c.43710$QO2.12565@pd7tw1no...
> I don't see any mystery. White farmed salmon is either wild or
farmed (but
> not dyed) Atlantic. Since there is no such thing on the market as
wild
> Atlantic Salmon it has to be undyed farmed Atlantic Salmon or wild
Spring
> Salmon (very good) or wild Chum Salmon (yuch).
>
> The coloured wild salmon you are seeing is likely Sockeye (very
abundant and
> very good), chum (abundant but yech again), pink (abundant but semi
yech) or
> red Spring ( very expensive and very good).
>
> There is a very small amount of farmed Pacific Salmons available but
the
> species do not lend themselves to mass farming.
>

That might be true for the US market but I have had allegedly wild
commercial salmon from Ireland (inevitably Atlantic and it was very
good). It was of course red not white. White salmon is something new
to me tho' pink has been available for a long time.



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James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA