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Atlantic salmon Sockeye salmon
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The amazing journey of salmon in Norway
genetically engineered salmon fishing salmon farm at Macquarie Harbour roe Sashimi trunk musculature: salmon
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Kamchatka brown bears and the annual salmon run
Brown bears of the Kamchatka Peninsula feeding on Pacific salmon migrating upstream...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
The amazing journey of salmon in Norway
During the annual migration in Norway, salmon jumping up waterfalls.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Learn about salmon aquaculture from a Swedish salmon farmer explaining the importance of maintaining the fish's natural habitat
Learn about aquaculture in Sweden.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How brown bears rely on salmon migration
Learn about brown bear predation of sockeye salmon returning to spawn in Kurile Lake...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Atlantic salmon
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
William W. Hartley/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sockeye salmon
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). The chemical characteristics of a salmon's...
© Sekarb/Dreamstime.com
genetically engineered salmon
A genetically engineered salmon (top) and a natural salmon of the same age. The ability...
Paul Darrow—The New York Times/Redux
fishing
Salmon catch on Puget Sound, Washington, 1902.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
salmon farm at Macquarie Harbour
Salmon farm, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia.
M. Murphy
roe
Salmon roe served on rye bread with butter.
© Zhoozha/Shutterstock.com
Sashimi
Salmon sashimi.
© Bunlue Nantaprom—Moment/Getty Images
trunk musculature: salmon
Lateral view of the trunk muscles of a salmon.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
types of fish scales
Scales and scale configurations of representative bony and cartilaginous fishes....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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