Salmon articles
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Salmon Raised in Pens in Lake Champlain
A pilot program using protected pens in Lake Champlain will raise small Atlantic Salmon over the next few weeks that will be released into the lake in the hopes that they will return there and the near-by Saranac River to spawn in future years. The experimental program is designed to help boost the salmon population in the Saranac River.
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These giant, prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth
Oncorhynchus rastrosus, a giant species of salmon that lived in the North American Pacific Northwest a few million years ago, sported a pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of its mouth like tusks, according to a study published April 24 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kerin Claeson from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, U.S., and colleagues.
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Drone footage shows Atlantic salmon in Schoodic
Jason Smith’s excellent underwater drone photograph of an Atlantic salmon in Schoodic Lake clearly shows a “punched” adipose fin.