Not wash them off with fresh water? What do these "experts" suggest you wash them off with, dirty laundry water?
As for the ice in the cooler, adding salt increases the salinity (du'h?) but lowers the waters freezing point.
That means that salt water will freeze at 24-26 degrees instead of 32 for fresh water, so you can have REALLY cold ice water in your cooler that can get colder than the ice in it.
They did a bit on this on Mythbusters.
I agree that ice alone or with SEALED containers: plug is in, let it remain.
Fish & ice: plug is out and let it drain!
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