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Buddy

John Q. Public wrote:
> On 26 Nov 2006 08:38:52 -0800, wrote:
>
>> Problem is that salmon is a part-time fresh water fish, and fresh water
>> fish are dangerous to eat raw.
>
> I quite often think of that very thing.
>
> Are there any studies done on the sushi quality of Salmon coming from
> their salt water habitat into a freshwater environment, or in stages
> thereof?
>
> I've always thought that Salmon caught at the point of migrating to
> fresh water would be the optimum of sushi quality, but that is only my
> thoughts, nothing I've read or experienced would substantiate this.
>
I'm going out on a limb here and say that commercially caught salmon
happens almost always in salt water (guess I didn't like the size of the
limb.) Penned salmon are always raised in salt water.

Now I sit back and wait to get bombed ;-)

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><<XX>;> Buddy