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Other readers have expressed feelings similar to mine: farm-raised salmon tastes terrible compared to the wild Alaskan variety and the "farmed product" ptobably is nutritionally bankrupt. Once I learned several years ago that, in salmon-speak, "Atlantic" is synonimous with "raised on a farm and fed dyed corn-meal," I stopped purchasing it and have only bought Alaskan wild salmon since.
One down-side not mentioned in the article or by reader comments is that Chile's salmon boom has contributed to the near-demise of Alaska's salmon industry. Since 1985, revenues from Alaskan salmon have declined *70%*!
I have seen the evidence first-hand. On our most recent trip to Alaska in 2002, my wife and I flew over many of Kodiak Island's salmon processing plants. All were shuttered.
Not to sound protectionist, but isn't it time to start being concerned about *American* workers?
Of course, once Americans get over their faddish desire for cheap, tasteless Chilean "imitation fish food product," the South American workers will be forced back into subsistance farming. I doubt that Alaska's salmon industry will recover, however.
