Is this salmon safe

[HHYak]

I brined one salmon fillet last night and pulled it out of the fridge this morning. When i put the pieces on the drying tray I noticed black spots and a couple worm looking black streaks in a few spots. Is this safe or did it somehow get contaminated?

 

[cmayna]

Did you try just rinsing it? Where did you get this fish from? Was it thawed or frozen?

 

[chef jimmyj]

Pull the Black things out. See if they are worms or something else. Worms I have seen in Haddock left no doubt what they were! I don't know enough about Salmon Parasites to tell you what you have, if anything...JJ

 

[dr k]

I've seen black flecks on the meat and was told they were scales that rinse off.

 

[Hawging It]

If in doubt, throw it out! Not worth taking a chance and getting sick. Go buy another one.

 

[gmc2003]

Here's an article about the spots:

https://www.nmbu.no/en/news/node/23798

One question, did you have pepper in your brine?

Chris

 

[HHYak]

Sorry for the delay, I had to leave town to get back on the water today, just getting home.

Did you try just rinsing it? Where did you get this fish from? Was it thawed or frozen?

I did rinse them off with no issues. The longer looking line did not.

The fish was fresh from the Columbia river. A king salmon I caught.

Here's an article about the spots:

https://www.nmbu.no/en/news/node/23798

Ill take a hard pass on that Atlantic farmed salmon, we had it once and it just tasted weird. I couldn't take more then one bite.

One question, did you have pepper in your brine?

Chris

I did not. I did however show the pictures of the fillets to a couple locals that I was fishing with. They said it was normal and they said it was a bloodline.