Abhishek Ambad blogs

  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.