More from KUOW History Salmon: 'Nature's Earliest Convenience Food' KUOW | By Hannah Burn Published March 13, 2014 at 2:49 PM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 10:00 Flickr Photo/cobalt123 (CC BY-NC-ND) David Hyde talks with author Nicholaas Mink about the early days of salmon and how the fish changed the culture in the Pacific Northwest. His latest book is, "Salmon: A Global History."