What is the difference between the Atlantic salmon and the Pacific salmon?
The Pacific Salmon says "later dude" and wears Hawaiian shirts. The Atlantic Salmon says "yo!" and wears shoes (sometimes).
The Atlantic salmon is a member of the genus Salmo, an oceanic trout of the family Salmonidae. The Pacific salmon are found in the genus Oncorhynchus. The seven species of Pacific Salmon are:
Amazing Salmon Facts: The oldest verified fossil for a freshwater version of the salmon is 50 million years old. Five to six million years ago salmon had fangs, weighed 500 pounds, and were ten feet long. The modern anadromous Pacific salmon emerged about two million years ago in the cold mountain streams of the Pacific Northwest.
Trouts and Salmons are both in the family Salmonidae.
The Columbia River Salmon Passage model is an interactive, multiple window program that helps managers of water, hydropower, fisheries and recreation see the impact of their decisions on fish populations in the Columbia River.
Captain Strong Salmon Project has pictures and info about all the salmon.
Try some wild Olympic Salmon.
Humans are altering the environment of the earth on a global scale. Learn more about the salmon of the Pacific.
Watch the TV special The Salmon Project on PBS.
FINS: Fish Information Service is an archive of information about aquariums. It covers both freshwater and marine, tropical and temperate. Or try The Krib for more information about tropical fish aquariums and archived usenet postings.
Take a look at Netscape's Amazing Fish Cam.
How to clean a salmon for Salmon with Crayfish and Red Wine Sauce. Getting hungry? Try a salmon recipe.
View salmon art in the Soul Salmon Gallery
Visit the Miramichi Salmon Museum. Or take a look at the Salmon of Knowledge harp.
Check out Hinrichsen's Research on juvenile chinook salmon .
S.P. Cramer & Associates are fisheries consultants specializing in salmon and trout management.
There are pictures of salmon on beer bottles on Kirt's fishing page.
How are the salmon running on the Salmon river. Check out Big Ernie and his friends.
What time is it? See Foam Bath Fish Time
Time for some musical fish puns.
Fish cartoons:
Subscribe to the Salmon list at Riverdale School and see their Salmon Page. Also see Chris and John's (grade 5) report on the Salmon Life Cycle.
The SALMON project Sea Air Land Modeling Operational Network
Salmon river, the river of No Return, as named by Lewis and Clark, is the largest un-dammed river in the Continental United States.
How about a visit to the City of Salmon located in Idaho.
Story time:
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"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." ------ Henry David Thoreau
Lynn Salmon <>{ Last updated: February 9, 2006