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SEATTLE (Wireless Flash) -- There's something fishy swimming around the fashion scene these days: Leather made from fish skin. Several companies have begun to produce wallets, handbags and shoes from salmon skin -- which has long been used as leather by the natives of the Pacific Northwest. One firm that sells salmon leather is Seattle-based Ivory Jack's Trading Company, which uses skins from the large Chum salmon. Tanning salmon skins takes more than twice as many steps as tanning cow hide and it's a messy business because of the wetness of the skin. But the end result is a durable, beautiful leather that's comparable to snakeskin...
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