Salmon is one of the most popluar of fish and for years one of the most expensive and exclusive. Today thanks to aqua culture the farming of salmon is common and here in the north as in most places the salmon you find for sale is farmed. If you are yearning for a real wild salmon you need to order it from you fish monger, larger wild fish being quite to difficult find these days and very expensive to buy.

Baltic Salmon usually stay within the Baltic, there are a couple of basic differences first being the the flesh of the fish is lighter in color (paler). The flesh of the fish also has a higher fat content which makes them extremely good for poaching or grilling. There is another visual different as well as the fat can be plainly seen as streaks of white thoughout the flesh. Baltic salmon is not concidered as a seperate species.