Wild Prices for Wild Salmon

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The expected shutdown of this year's salmon season in California is bad news not only for fishermen but for consumers too. It means that anyone buying wild salmon this year is going to pay some wild prices. There is another choice, of course, cheaper, farmed salmon. But that prospect has some consumers cringing… and it has some fish farmers thinking of new ways to please wild salmon fans.

Tags: conservation, fish, fisheries, kqed, QUEST, salmon

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