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Pink Salmon and Chum Salmon. Pink also known as…. Humpy…humpback… bread and butter fish. Size: average: 4-6 lbs Record: 12lbs 9 oz Most abundant AK species Males have the most pronounced hump of all salmon species. Identification. Smallest salmon Black spots on back - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Pink Salmon and Chum SalmonPink Salmon and Chum Salmon

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Pink also known as…. Humpy…humpback… bread and butter

fish

Pink also known as…. Humpy…humpback… bread and butter

fish Size: average: 4-6 lbs Record: 12lbs 9 oz Most abundant AK

species Males have the most

pronounced hump of all salmon species

Size: average: 4-6 lbs Record: 12lbs 9 oz Most abundant AK

species Males have the most

pronounced hump of all salmon species

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IdentificationIdentification

Smallest salmon Black spots on back Spots on entire caudal fin Pinkish green color when spawning

Smallest salmon Black spots on back Spots on entire caudal fin Pinkish green color when spawning

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Habits of Pink SalmonHabits of Pink Salmon

Hatch and then quickly head to salt water Eat plankton, larvae and insects Spend 15 months at sea and spawn near

coast

Hatch and then quickly head to salt water Eat plankton, larvae and insects Spend 15 months at sea and spawn near

coast

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Chum Salmon (Dog Salmon or Keta salmon)

Chum Salmon (Dog Salmon or Keta salmon)

Average: 9lbs Record: 32lbs Poorest meat quality

Average: 9lbs Record: 32lbs Poorest meat quality

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DescriptionDescription

Widest distribution of any Pacific Salmon Used as dried fish for winter use Ocean Chum: greenish blue on top with

speckles on back In ocean it’s hard to tell them from sockeye

(red) and coho (silver) BUT chum have no spots on caudal fin

Widest distribution of any Pacific Salmon Used as dried fish for winter use Ocean Chum: greenish blue on top with

speckles on back In ocean it’s hard to tell them from sockeye

(red) and coho (silver) BUT chum have no spots on caudal fin

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Spawning chum: green and purple Males develop kype

Spawning chum: green and purple Males develop kype

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SpawningSpawning Spends 3-4 years at sea and usually spawns

within 100 miles of the sea After eggs hatch, the young travel out to sea

Spends 3-4 years at sea and usually spawns within 100 miles of the sea

After eggs hatch, the young travel out to sea

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