Giant salmon, large enough to feed 100 people, accidentally discovered in New Zealand | Seven Sharp 

898792 Thank you for toning down the Hype and excitement about the farm raised King Salmon that is being farm raised in New Zealand . I am not sure if New Zealand had established natural Salmon runs by transplanting them from one of the Native runs of the Pacific Salmon.

So basically, there's something fishy going on here ?

@@fasx56 King is an American term. They're Chinook, or blackmouth in the fish trade.

@@898792 let's be fair, they never called it a species of salmon. They called it a "type" of salmon. And to say it was "discovered" is still pretty accurate.

I laughed at that too. New Zealanders know where that place is.

@@caravanlifenz haha yeah I just google earthed it . its right next to the spring

Can't you walk NZ in like 2 hours?

@@Keller5327LV no

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Damn straight

Over 100 pounds?

I live at the tip of the Olympic peninsula in port Angeles. The fish here are wonderful.

@@adrielburned6924 I lived on Whidbey back in the 80's. Beautiful back then.

@@gregpierquet5818 Rivers' Inlet in BC has had Chinook (blackmouth, American named Tyee or King) well over 100 lbs. in the fish count barrel, BUT that's loaded with eggs or milt for spawning. They only go up about seven miles to spawn.

I think he said $1,700 for a 60 kg ( 132 lb ) fish = $12.50 per lb. approx.

@@harrycurrie9664 I spent 3 more minutes of my life finding that part and you're right, 17 hundred, which is in the realm of reasonable. After another 2 minute investment of my time I learned (from a sketchy AI summary) that salmon farmers now feed supplements to their fish so their flesh isn't grey anymore. Maybe if this guy fed them some of that wasabi to give them a spicy kick he would have something special. That or feed them coffee beans and roast what they poop out. For some reason people pay big money for coffee that was naturally processed by exotic animals. Who knows, maybe that coffee would be high in omega-3's.

All depending. Growing up in Milwaukee, WI, my family was poor enough that availability of meat was sometimes an issue. During these times, we'd go down under the viaducts and catch Steelhead and Coho that liked to spawn near a water treatment plant. Those fish basically tasted like rubber with a fishy aftertaste. I don't want to think of how many PCBs we might have taken in from the meat.

the freshwater trout in NZ are also invasive.................and delicious.l

I haven't seen a salmon over 100 pounds in the states. Where are you fishing?

@@gregpierquet5818 the 100 pounders ran in the Columbia river in Washington and Oregon before the grand coulee dam was built. There’s pictures of Native American fisherman holding them at the mouth of the Columbia river nearly a hundred years ago. The dam basically pushed that sub species to extinction.

@@gregpierquet5818and I think op is referring to chinook salmon being common, which they very much are.

This is definitely discouraging. Another invasive species and it was introduced!

World record line caught King is 98 pounds. They've netted Kings over 105 pounds.

Just so long as its not mushy. Same goes for Steel Head Trout. Mushy = gmo

because its not "free" mate :) and they wrap it like news to camouflage lol

Because you are not a member of their club and neither am i , they only do favors for their own

@@optimumpcyt whew??? what club? dur

@@geomundi8333 it's a brotherhood, if you know you know, if you don't know you should read the Bible. It tells you the world is ran by people in high places and the ones they serve are not flesh and blood but spiritual beings. This is a foreign language to you if you don't follow Jesus. You will just be lost in a storm with no direction. You might of heard of this club though. It's the one that actors and singers have to sell their soul to join and become famous.

He's a New Zealander who has done well for himself and employs other New Zealanders. Why shouldn't we be happy for him and celebrate his success? Why be just another bitter Kiwi guy with tall poppy syndrome who is jealous of another Kiwi?

Yes doublespeak

an old car salesman doing what he does best...

i’m not sure if freshwater is what directly causes the deterioration of salmon. In the great lakes, salmon spend their whole lives in freshwater and only deteriorate after entering the spawning system, some even spend their whole lives in very large rivers. however, I am unfamiliar with the exact reason why they decline so rapidly after entering streams.

Lmao dude just making shit up

What if she just likes semen, and wanted the audience at home to know?

What if she just likes semen and wanted viewers to know?

That would break the California state record of 88 pounds. John McHatton

Jesus could do it.

These aren’t regular salmon, they’re looked after differently