Uh, I thought the same thing RE the salmon. Throughout all the Bush years, I enjoyed salmon, and often. I'd never heard this, and also didn't see a price spike.
I was reminded of the time some DUmmie was claiming that he had to continue work in a fast food place, after receiving 2nd degree burns. Then he listed other atrocities committed by the management, one of them being having to put recyclables in non-recycling bags or somesuch. It was hilarious.