While the actual scales on salmon are not edible, the skin underneath is edible. If you plan on eating the skin of the salmon you catch or bring home from the supermarket, it will be extremely important to make sure that you scale it thoroughly so there are no traces of them left on the fish.

It is also important to keep in mind that eating the skin on the fish is not terribly exciting because the taste is quite different from the actual meat of the fish. There are a number of different ways to go about preparing salmon meat and skin though, so you might want to spend some time looking into the best way to go about doing this so you can get the most flavor possible from your fish.