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Why salmon fish red?

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Why is the flesh of salmon fish red? Why is wild salmon a deeper red than farmed salmon? Tasmania's largest salmon producer has announced it will soon use natural pigment supplements in its fish feed. Explains R.Sathyanathan.



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