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Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus ( Pacific salmon ), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species of salmon .
The river is one of the best salmon rivers in Norway, known for its large-sized salmon. In older days, salmon up to 33 kilograms (73 lb) were recorded, and still fish up to 24 kilograms (53 lb) are caught. [5] In 2011, 1,082 salmon (7 kilograms (15 lb) or heavier) were caught on the river. [4]
Oncorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae, native to coldwater tributaries of the North Pacific basin. The genus contains twelve extant species, namely six species of Pacific salmon and six species of Pacific trout, all of which are migratory (either anadromous or potamodromous) mid-level predatory fish that display natal homing and ...
Wild salmon is more nutritionally dense than farm-raised salmon and can contain up to three times less fat, fewer calories, and more vitamins and minerals like iron, potassium, and b-12.
The Patreksfjörður farmed salmon escape involved the escape of approximately 3500 farm-raised Atlantic salmon in an open fish farm on August 20, 2023, at Patreksfjörður, a village on the northwest coast of Iceland. [1] [2] The fish farm is managed by Arctic Fish, an agricultural company in Norway. Soon after the incident, Arctic Fish ...
The Norwegian Aquaculture Center (Norwegian: Norsk Havbrukssenter) is a visitor and development center for modern fish farming in Norway. The center is located to Toft in Brønnøy Municipality and cooperate with several companies in fish farming and related businesses. [1]
However, the repeated epizootics of lice on wild fish have only occurred in areas with salmon farms in Ireland, Britain (Scotland), Norway, Canada (British Columbia), and Chile. [39] Field sampling of copepodids, and hydrographic and population models, show how L. salmonis from farms can cause mass infestations of seaward-migrating salmonids ...
The company was founded in 1991, [3] its main shareholder is today the founder's son Gustav Magnar Witzøe. SalMar sells farmed salmon across Asia, the United States, Canada, the Russian Federation and Norway.