Salmon

Salmon in their saltwater phase travel an estimated 18 miles a day, but they are capable of maintaining an average of 34 miles per day… Read More »How Far Can A Salmon Swim In One Day?

Like WWF-Canada, salmon love both salt water and freshwater. Salmon are considered “anadromous” which means they live in both fresh and salt water. Can salmon… Read More »Can Salmon Survive Freshwater?

Can Salmon Bite Humans? Outright attacks by salmon on e.g. swimmers have literally never been reported, as salmon aren’t the most aggressive or territorial of… Read More »Can Salmon Bite You?

The easy answer is yes! Your cat can eat salmon. However, like all good things, salmon should be fed to your cat in moderation. If… Read More »Can Cats Eat Salmon?

Yes, you can raise salmon in freshwater with a closed containment system. Salmon in the wild mostly live in saltwater and swim to freshwater once… Read More »Can Salmon Be Raised In A Pond?

Salmon eat a variety of creatures throughout their lives, including insects, other fish, shrimp, and even the odd mollusk. Does salmon eat other fishes? When… Read More »Do Salmon Fish Eat Other Fish?

Salmon are believed to need about 50 grams of food each day if they are 60 centimeters long or more. That is not a great… Read More »How Much Food Does A Salmon Eat?

Farmed salmon are fed pellets made out of fish oil and smaller fish, ground-up chicken feathers, poultry litter (yes, that’s poop), genetically modified yeast, soybeans… Read More »What Do They Feed Farmed Salmon?

The gray portion of tissue you refer to is a fatty deposit rich in omega-3 fatty acids and low in the natural pink pigments found… Read More »What Is The Grey Stuff On Cooked Salmon?

Farm-raised salmon is naturally gray; the pink color is added. Wild salmon is naturally pink due to their diet which includes astaxanthin, a reddish-orange compound… Read More »Why Is Salmon Pink And Grey?