Kinds of Salmon

Pink Salmon
Also known as humpback, karafutomaru, and gorbuscha salmon. Pink salmon females produce around 2,000 small eggs. They begin the journey to the sea only a few days after hatching. They spend 3-5 months in coastal estuaries. They return to home rivers after 16-20 months and are an average of 1.5 kg. The most constant species of salmon throughout their ranges. New populations have been successfully introduced in the Barents Sea and While Sea areas of Russia, as well as Lake Superior and Lake Huron. They complete their life cycle in freshwater. Pink salmon have a minimal feeding cost and are reared in freshwater, making them ideal for farming.

Sockeye Salmon
Also known as red, blueback, Benimasu, and nerka. They range from Klamath River, Californa to Yukon River, Alaska in the east, and from the north Bering Sea to the Okhosk Sea in Russia in the west. Females lay 3,500 to 4,000 small eggs. Fry usually migrate to freshwater lakes where they mature slowly, although they can head straight to the ocean. They hang around in freshwater for 1-3 years, and then they head to the ocean and stay there for 3 years.

Chum Salmon
Also known as dog, sake and keta. They are the second most plentiful salmon (after the pink salmon) and are cold tolerant. They have the widest distribution across the planet, from Oregon to the Arctic coast of Alaska on the eastern side of the Pacific, and from Japan to the Arctic coast of Siberia on the western side. Their largest runs ar on the Amur River. Spawning usually takes place in the lower reaches of the rivers, within 150 km of the sea. Their eggs are laid between October and July depending upon the location of the river. They lay around 3,000 eggs. Fry wait 1-3 months before migrating to the ocean. They spend up to 4 years at sea and complete 2-3 ocean circuits. Their flesh is pale, deteriorates quickly, and is low in fat.

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