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Photo	Names
Image courtesy of: Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia, Office of Seafood and Office of Regulatory Affairs, US Food and Drug Administration.	Latin: Oncorbynchus tshawytscha French: Saumon royal German: Konigslachs Spanish: Salmon "chinook" Russian: Chavycha Japanese: Masunosuke

Description

Also known as king salmon, chinooks contain a higher fat content than any other pacfic salmon. Chinooks are also the largest of the salmons growing as large as 57 kg (126 lbs). They are usually marketed between 7 to 18 kg (15 to 40 lbs). Chinooks are born in high mountain streams. During the first stage of their life, they migrate downstream to the pacific ocean where they live for 4 to 5 years and develop large fat reserves. When the chinook migrates back to the mountain streams to spawn, it stops feeding and lives off of its fat reserves.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Culture: Chile, United States, Canada, New Zealand Capture: United States Primary Consumers United States, Canada, Europe	Between 10,000 and 18,000 tons of chinook salmon are landed annually.

Production Trends	Diet/Health Info
Wild chinook stocks are stressed due to habitat destruction, dams, and fishing. If these problems are addressed the chinook population can recover. If they are not addressed the population could continue its decline. Cultured stocks are expected to remain steady at 12,000 to 16,000 tons per year.	Chinooks have a high fat content

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