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Top 6. Why is the flesh color not as dark as wild fish?

April 26, 2017color Dark fish flesh WILD

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Top 6. Why is the flesh color not as dark as wild fish?

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Wild fish spend more time in the ocean and routinely go without food. This longer period of time in the ocean increases the overall consumption of carotenoids contained in their natural feed, such as shrimp and krill. Our fish are fed every day so they grow faster than wild fish but their feed does not contain the same ratio of these carotenoids. This carotene is essential to the health and nutrition of salmonids.