Atlantic salmon
Pink-fleshed swimmer
Atlantic salmon is a large fish native to the North Atlantic Ocean and rivers of Europe and northeastern North America.
Unlike Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon can survive spawning and return to the sea multiple times.
Prized for sport fishing and as food, most Atlantic salmon sold commercially now comes from fish farms: farm-raised Atlantic salmon.
Migrating upstream to breed
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- finsSwimming appendages
- parrImmature salmon with markings
smolt · fry · alevin · roe · milt · vertebrate · cartilage · swim bladder
Raw salmon, salt-cured
- loxSalt-cured salmon
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- sashimiThinly sliced raw fish
- filletBoneless meat portion
poached · grilled · sautéed · cured · baked · tartare · crudo · pâté
Releasing eggs to reproduce
- migrationMovement to new territory
- upstreamToward a river's origin
- gravel bedFoundation of small stones
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
hatching · juvenile · maturation · return journey · freshwater · imprinting · homing instinct · breeding
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- dam removalDestroying water-blocking structures
fish ladder · restoration · hatchery · recovery program · protected · biodiversity · ecosystem · rewilding
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- fly fishingCatching fish with imitation insects
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
- sport fishSpecies caught recreationally
- rodThin rigid stick
reel · flies · waders · river fishing · guide · trophy · season · quota
anadromous
Migrating upstream to breed
parr · smolt · fry · alevin · roe · milt · vertebrate · cartilage · swim bladder · silvery
gravlax
Raw salmon, salt-cured
fillet · poached · grilled · sautéed · cured · baked · tartare · crudo · pâté · chowder
spawning
Releasing eggs to reproduce
- migrationMovement to new territory
- upstreamToward a river's origin
- gravel bedFoundation of small stones
eggs · hatching · juvenile · maturation · return journey · freshwater · imprinting · homing instinct · breeding · life stages
endangered
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
dam removal · fish ladder · restoration · hatchery · recovery program · protected · biodiversity · ecosystem · rewilding · conservation
angling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- fly fishingCatching fish with imitation insects
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
- sport fishSpecies caught recreationally
rod · reel · flies · waders · river fishing · guide · trophy · season · quota · commercial
- salmonidschinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, rainbow trout
- salmon farmingfish pen, fish cage, fish hatchery, hatchery, smolt
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- sea lifeshark, whale, dolphin, jellyfish, plaice
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, tuna
- Atlantic fishhaddock, pollock, pollack, cod, herring
Atlantic salmonPacific salmon
West coast anadromous fish
chinook salmon · sockeye salmon · coho salmon · pink salmon · king salmon
Atlantic salmonbrown trout
Spotted European freshwater fish
rainbow trout · steelhead · brook trout · lake trout · barramundi