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Sample of pink salmon caught off the Queen Charlotte Islands, Western Canada in 2009, infected with Henneguya salminicola. Diseases and parasites in salmon, trout and other salmon-like fishes of the family Salmonidae are also found in other fish species.
The Chinook salmon / ʃ ɪ ˈ n ʊ k / (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. [2] Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, Quinnat salmon, Tsumen, spring salmon, chrome hog, Blackmouth, and Tyee salmon.
The report also states "It should be stressed that Henneguya, economically deleterious though it is, is harmless from the view of public health. It is strictly a fish parasite that cannot live in or affect warm blooded animals, including man". Sample of pink salmon infected with Henneguya salminicola, caught off Haida Gwaii, Western Canada in 2009
The fish has also been shown to reduce dementia and Alzheimer’s disease risk, and Goodson says that because salmon is high in vitamin D, "it can be helpful with bone health, immune function, and ...
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Salmon are carnivorous, and need to be fed meals produced from catching other wild forage fish and other marine organisms. Salmon farming leads to a high demand for wild forage fish. As a predator, salmon require large nutritional intakes of protein, and farmed salmon consume more fish than they generate as a final product.
King-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis), is a species of ribbonfish in the family Trachipteridae. Its common name comes from the legends of the Makah people west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca , which hold that this fish leads the salmon annually to their spawning grounds.
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