On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:55:36 -0700, George Adams
wrote:


The fish the guy is holding in the photo looks like a farm raised
rainbow. Maybe descended from steelhead stock, thus the "ocean trout"
and "salmon trout" references.

By that time I wasn't really trusting the pictures. Nor that that was
the size of a typical fish in their ponds.


Most hatchery fish aren't fed meat, but
compressed protein rich pellets.

I suppose that reduces some likelihood of animal diseases spreading,
but it seems so very _un_ natural. Oh, well, I don't feed my
remaining cat live mice, either. He'll have to make do on Purina and
Gerber's meat baby food.

There are additives that can result
in the red color of the flesh. Years ago, in MA, I believe they used
Paprika, among other things to give the fish a more "natural" color to
both the skin and the flesh . NH uses something, ( I have no idea
what) that results in brookies, fresh from the hatchery, that look
very much like natives.

Tacky.
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