Salmon Hype

SilverT

2013-05-18 01:06:38

The link is to an interview with the creator of all the Copper River salmon hype from the Seattle Times.



“Originally it was just an illusion of a race, but all the (reporters) got the excitement going,” Rowley says. “And there was so much excitement about that first fish of the season, that one year, President Clinton was speaking at the Rainier Club, and there were more TV cameras at SeaTac Airport to report on the first Copper River salmon of the season than there were to cover the president!”



http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2013/05/the-man-behind-copper-river-salmon.html

SilverT

2013-05-18 01:24:11

Some other links:



Local Washington Radio:



http://mynorthwest.com/11/2276418/Muchhyped-Copper-River-Salmon-arrives-in-Seattle



Local Washington TV Station:



http://q13fox.com/2013/05/17/copper-river-salmon-is-here/#axzz2TbPH1de3



LA Times



http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-copper-river-salmon-20130514,0,3037675.story