Salmon begin to deteriorate as soon as they enter fresh water. Even before they spawn, many will be unfit to eat. All of them, but particularly the males, undergo a rapid transformation from sleek, silver, and fatty, to hump-backed, hook-jawed, fanged, and discolored.
There’s a metaphor in there somewhere for males with only spawning on their mind, but I’ll let it rest.
For example, consider the humble Pink Salmon (also called Humpy)
This:
Becomes this:
Becomes this:
Appetizing, no? Yes, he is (was) still alive.
They get so rotted they can barely swim, and you can catch them easily by hand.
Whoever can create a market for hand-harvested wild Alaskan Salmon pudding will have no shortage of supply, but demand may be a problem…
Worry not-none of them go to waste. They provide a flood of nutrients benefiting the entire local ecosystem.
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