Money | oil One Salmon Now Costs More Than a Barrel of Oil Weird times we're living in By Jenn Gidman Posted Jan 26, 2016 12:00 PM CST Copied This June 13, 2006, file photo shows a year-old sockeye salmon peering through the glass of a lab beaker at the Eagle Fish Hatchery at Eagle Island State Park in Idaho. (Darin Oswald/The Idaho Statesman via AP,File) It's seemingly simple supply and demand that has led us to this point: We now live in a world where a 10-pound salmon is worth more than a barrel of crude oil, a Norwegian seafood-industry site reports, via Bloomberg. This "collapse" in the cost of crude, as Bloomberg puts it, in conjunction with non-ample salmon supplies from Norway, have led to the odd switch in commodity coveting. To illustrate, Alaska Dispatch News points out that a 10-pound winter king salmon would currently go for about $7.34 a pound, or $73 per fish, while a barrel of crude oil is running about $30. (Good thing pricey salmon isn't addictive.) Read These Next One wrong step costs teen at Yellowstone. An arrest has been made in the Devil's Den murders. Suspect in killing of hikers was arrested during a haircut. A Virginia politician was set on fire at his office. Report an error