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The chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, [1] is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic, and is often marketed under the trade name silverbrite salmon in North America.
Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: SNR (2019) Not Reviewed Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta: SNR (2019) Not Reviewed Cisco Coregonus artedi: S2 (2019) Red Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch: SNR (2019) Not Reviewed Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii & clarkii subspecies: S3, S4 (2004) Blue Dolly Varden trout Salvelinus malma: S4 ...
Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta; DPS/ESU Name Initial/Revised status Current status Boundary Map [1] Columbia River ESU: Threatened (1999), (2005) [6] Threatened (2011) Hood Canal Summer-run ESU: Threatened (1995), (2005) [8] Threatened (2001) Pacific Coast ESU: Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia ESU: Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; DPS/ESU Name ...
Chum salmon. Chum salmon are also named dog or calico salmon. The species develop large, canine-like teeth during spawning, and typically grow to 10-15 pounds but can be as large as 33 pounds.
Some of the salmon populations are at less than 1% of their historic numbers. 15 of the 37 Chinook populations have disappeared and their steep decline is strongly correlated with the deterioration of Puget Sound as a whole. [24] In 1999, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed the Chinook salmon, summer chum and bull trout in the Puget Sound.
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The barrier created by the dam restricts migration between the upper and lower parts of the watershed, which impacts salmon species in particular who used the lake as a hatching site. As a result, sockeye salmon have become almost entirely extirpated in the Coquitlam River. The dam also reduces the accumulation of woody debris in the lower ...
The status of salmon along the west coast of North America is not uniform. Some wild salmon and habitat restoration possibilities are better than others. There are still relatively healthy runs of wild salmon (and habitat) in some locations such as the coastal watersheds of Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and some areas of southern ...