Prince Charles prefers Alaska salmon to Scottish farmed fish; Sarah Palin invites him to visit state

Juneau, Alaska

By Dennis Zaki -  AlaskaReport.com

The Scottish Salmon Producers' Organization is outraged that the Prince of Wales has snubbed Scottish salmon and ordered Alaskan fish to sell through his food company.

Scotland's fish-farmers insist that Scotland has plenty of top-quality salmon. Julie Edgar, a spokeswoman for the organization, described the move as a snub. "I think our members will be quite annoyed over this decision and would have liked the opportunity to show the duchy what they have to offer."

In recognition of his upper-crust palate, Alaska gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin has invited Prince Charles to Alaska.

"The Prince clearly has a taste for the real-deal," said Palin. "He can catch the salmon if he wants to, but we'll take care of the rest. He may have a cadre of chefs on stand by, but nobody prepares salmon like Alaskans."

"Our salmon are the most spectacular in all of the word," adds Palin. "There's a reason people ask for it by name."

The Prince sells his fish under the Duchy Selections' Smoked Salmon brand to over 70 supermarkets across the UK and has more lined up next year.

A spokeswoman for Duchy Originals said the salmon was line-caught in "icy clear Alaskan waters". She added it had been picked ahead of Scottish salmon because it had been certified by the independent Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for its sustainability.

Prince Charles himself is known to dislike farmed salmon. The prince is a backer of the Pitlochry-based Atlantic Salmon Trust which claims that fish farming is putting the future of wild salmon at risk.

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