Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, which has spawning beds on the west coast of North America.
Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic Ocean (genus Salmo) and Pacific Ocean (genus Oncorhynchus). Many species of salmon have been introduced into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America and Patagonia in South America. Salmon are intensively farmed in many parts of the world.
Typically, salmon are anadromous: they hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce. However, populations of several species are restricted to fresh water through their lives.
Salmon in State of Jefferson[]
The Karuk Indians who lived along the Klamath River in the State of Jefferson had guaranteed rights to fish salmon from the river.
In 1980, intense fishing by Japan, Russia, and Korea had begun to deplete the coastal waters off the west coast of the U.S., negatively impacting the food supply of the merfolk who resided off of the coast of Jefferson. When the merfolk turned to consuming the salmon mouth of the Klamath, they in turn cut into the food supply of the Karuk Indians.
The Karuk turned to Governor Bill Williamson for help. The merfolk, through their lobbyist Liam McMichaels, also sought Williamson's mediation.[1]
Later the same year, the speartooth, a salmon variety thought to be extinct, was discovered in Jefferson.[2]
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