Pink Salmon


Species Region Water Type
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pacific Salt, Fresh

Fish common to Pacific Northwest, where it is borne in freshwater (e.g., Columbia River) and then migrates to the saltwater Pacific, then returns to fresh water to spawn.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey
Making Salmon; An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis (1999)

Images

Pink Salmon

Public Domain Source

Compiler

Peter Richards