Quality Troll Salmon
Point of Contact
Brandii O'Reagan, brandiih@uw.edu
Description
From water to ice, it all begins on the back deck. To ensure the highest price possible and continued market placement, salmon trollers must produce the highest quality product possible. The handling of a salmon, from the time it leaves the hook to the time it is iced down, will go further to determining the quality of a salmon than any other stage in its movement from the ocean to the consumer’s plate. During the past few years, some new techniques have surfaced to guarantee that troll salmon is truly the king of salmon. Washington Sea Grant, the Makah Tribe, Pacific Marine Conservation Council and the Washington Trollers Association strongly urge all trollers to follow these simple steps to ensure the highest quality salmon attainable.