Northwesterners: Can You Name That Salmon?

The other day I shared a table with some fishermen who were sure they were eating king salmon. The choice made sense: It's king season. King is very fatty, therefore delicious. And we were at a celebration at Fishermen's Terminal. So it had to be what some Canadians call Tyee, the chief of salmon, the king.

The fish had been smoked just a stone's throw away from the party tent. It was delicious, so I had to know. When I first called the Port, they told me it was coho. When I called a second time, they corrected themselves. That was not coho. That was silver. .... http://kuow.org/post/northwesterners-can-you-name-salmon