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Low supply of Copper River Salmon this year?

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According to this article on Copper River Salmon, the season is off to a slow start, primarily due to the weather.  This coupled with worries that the run will be late and/or small may drive the supply of the much touted Copper River Salmon down and the prices up. 

The big deal about Copper River Salmon is supposedly the oils the fish store up to survive the 300 mile run through rough terrain to their spawning grounds.  This makes them extra tastey and even better for you with their Omega-3 oils and such.  Personally, I can’t taste enough of a difference to justify the price.  I think I would be just as happy with a cheaper Salmon that was smoked to perfection!

Wonder where our Salmon runs go when they don’t come back.

It looks to me from this article that a lot of our Salmon that don’t come back are being sold to us through back street brokers, after being netted in the open Ocean by illegal drift net fishing vessels.  Feel like being pissed off, take a read of this full article!

• THE ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM-Illegal Salmon fishing on the high seas.