Facts: The Atlantic Salmon

Quick facts about this anadromous fish that inhabits both saltwater and freshwater! The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Wild Atlantic salmon facts!

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References and Helpful Links

Ocean: The World’s Last Wilderness Revealed
By American Museum of Natural History
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Music: When We Found The Horizon
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Images Licensed Under Creative Commons/Public Domain
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region [Public domain]
Richard Dorrell / Loch Ainort fish farm
John Allan / Salmon farm in Portree Bay
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Videos Licensed Under Creative Commons/Public Domain

[R.Oates]

I'm having it for dinner tonight
🐟

[indyreno]

Indy Reno
10 days ago
It also comes to a surprise that the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus are different and not closely related, they only look similar due to convergent evolution, Salmo is part of the tribe Salmonini, which also contains the genera Salvelinus and Salvethymus, whilst Oncorhynchus belongs to a whole different tribe, which is the tribe Oncorhynchini, which also contains the genera Brachymystax, Parahucho, and Hucho, meaning that the closest living relatives of the pacific salmon and trout (genus Oncorhynchus) are the taimens and lenoks.

[AGDinCA]

I was unaware that salmon could potentially spawn more than once. I wonder if that's only specific species??

[t-rexstudioproductions]

Unlike other salmons who die after spawning
Atlantic salmons often survives spawning

[pamelabennett]

These salmon are the only ones who dont die after haveing eggs some people dont have a clue

[-RizonGaming-]

wtf? i am enjoying wild sockeye salmon right now ... in Canada =)

[hownowbrowntrouttasmania]

CHECK OUT THE ONES IVE BEEN CATCHING..:)

[fishfish]

Take a good look at them beautiful things before they are extinct ...

[caritas]

There is no shortage of Atlantic Salmon. The reason it is a protected "endangered species" and you can't buy it WILD CAUGHT is that it is the most nutritious ocean fish you can eat. Any farmed fish is extremely unhealthy because of what they are fed. Atlantic Salmon are not any more "vulnerable" than any other ocean fish. They are not "in decline". That is b s.

[nomaschalupas]

Also the salmon farming is an example of EVERY resource we use. Either create the resource or deplete it.

Imagine if we went full vegan, will that help. No, all the lands would be destroyed still from farming and possible chance of making every inch of good soil dead.

Stop protesting against human survival, you are protesting yourself.

Use that energy to find solutions instead of only shouting for progress with no answers and waiting for someone else to figure things out.