Salmon
Fishing
Salmon
Fishing
How
many eggs do salmon have?
Generally
from 2,500 to 7,000 depending on species and size of the fish. The Chinook
Salmon generally produces the most and largest eggs.
What
are salmon fed in a hatchery?
Vitamin-rich,
high-protein diets made up of dried meats from coarse fish, animal meat
excess, plant meal and bone meal, or meal from calcium-rich shells.
What
is the oldest known age of salmon (in completed years)?
Chinook
Salmon ~ 7 years
Sockeye
Salmon ~ 7 years
Silver
Salmon ~ 4 years
Chum
Salmon ~ 6 years
Pink
Salmon ~ 2 years
What
is the oldest known salmon fossil?
The
oldest verified fossil for a freshwater version of the salmon is 50 million
years old. Five to six million years ago salmon had fangs, weighed over
500 pounds, and were ten feet long. The modern Pacific Salmon emerged about
two million years ago in the cold mountain streams of the Pacific Northwest.
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