What is the brown substance between the pink meat of the salmon and the skin?

The salmon gray-brown flesh that resides between the pink meat of salmon and skin is the area that once had a large supply of blood vessels, which fed the muscles of the fish when it was alive. When the fish dies, the vessels also die and turn color. This portion of the fish usually has a fishy taste, and many people avoid eating it..

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