Atlantic salmon

[ət¦lan·tik ′sa·mən]

(invertebrate zoology)

Salmo salar. A species of salmon that occurs throughout the North Atlantic Ocean and spawns in eastern North America and western Europe; it can complete more than one migratory cycle and thus can breed multiple times.

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Atlantic Salmon

(Salmo salar), a migratory fish of the family Salmonidae. The Atlantic salmon reaches a length of 1.5 m and a weight of 39 kg. It inhabits the North Atlantic and the southwestern part of the Arctic Ocean. In the USSR the fish is present in the basins of the Barents, Kara, White, and Baltic seas. Sexual maturity is usually attained at five years of age. The fish spawns in rivers in the autumn and winter, depositing 6,000 to 26,000 roe. The large, orange roe are buried by the female under pebbles. In the river the fry feed on aquatic larvae, adult insects, and small fishes. In one to five years the salmon migrate to the sea, where they feed mainly on fishes. In lakes the Atlantic salmon is a resident form. The fish has great commercial value and is often raised on fish farms.

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We have submitted a draft implementation plan to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation setting out our plans to conserve and protect Atlantic salmon over the five-year period.

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The ability of kelts to survive 1) a return migration to the sea, 2) a year or more of reconditioning, and 3) a return migration to spawning grounds affects the proportion of repeat spawners, which varies from 0 to 26% for Atlantic salmon populations (Fleming and Reynolds, 2004; Niemela et al., 2006).

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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a migratory fish found widely in the northern Atlantic Ocean and adjacent freshwater.

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Wild salmons are heavily fished and their populations have declined markedly in recent years so much so that a major species, the Atlantic Salmon is in the endangered list.

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The fish in question -- deemed "frankenfish" by opponents of genetic engineering and "AquAdvantage Salmon" by its breeders -- is an Atlantic salmon that has had its genes crossed with Pacific Chinook salmon to make it grow nearly twice as fast.

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