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Sockeye salmon

Order Salmoniformes

Family Salmonidae

Euryhaline fish (marine and freshwater) with regularly ossified skeleton. Body elongate, becoming deeper with age, spawning males a little hump-backed. Tip of upper jaw reaching well behind eye; snout and lower jaw becoming hooked and teeth enlarged in spawning males. Red salmon are blue tinged with silver in color while living in the ocean. When they return to spawning grounds, their bodies become red and their heads turn green.

Characteristics

FAO code
SOC

Specie
Oncorhynchus nerka

Type
Blue fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 18: the Arctic Ocean
Area 2: America
Area 4: Asia - Inland waters
Area 5: Europe - Inland waters
Area 6: Oceania - Inland waters
Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 67: the Northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
North - Inland waters

Fishing seasons

may jun jul aug

International denominations

Germany Rotlachs

China 红大麻哈鱼

France Saumon rouge

Italy Salmone rosso

Portugal Salmão vermelho

United Kingdom Sockeye salmon

Japan Beni-zake

Fishing areas

Fishing arts

Aquaculture

Gillnets

Hooks

Pots and traps

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