Inadequate muscle firmness in salmon is a problem causing
quality downgrading by the processing industry and lower consumer
acceptability (Mitchie, 2001), yet no studies have been
devoted to elucidate the impact of genetic selection per se on
connective tissue properties in farmed salmon. Farmer,
McConnell, and Kilpatrick (2000) reported that farmed salmon
tend to be softer than salmon from wild sources. Johnston