“…Smith 0977, 1979) noted that the historical reduction of formerly immense salmon stocks and harvests in the Columbia River basin transformed salmon from a staple food to essentially a luxury item, and the same may be said for chinook salmon in California. Salmon and other fish once could be regarded as an economical source of protein for the working class and the poor (CFC, 1880(CFC, , 1902Dodds, 1959;Cooley, 1963;Smith, 1979;Weber, 1995). However, fish and seafood prices in the U. S. and other industrial countries have risen steeply in response to increased demand within 223 Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi] at 00:58 27 December 2014 the last 2 decades and currently equal, or exceed, prices of other meat products (Brown and Kane, 1994;Weber, 1994Weber, , 1995.…”