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Atlantic salmon

Several Pacific salmon leap up a rushing waterfall in Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, as they swim upstream to spawn.

salmon farm at Macquarie Harbour

Slices of rye bread topped with butter and bright orange salmon caviar arranged closely together.

A person uses chopsticks to pick up a slice of salmon sashimi from a bowl filled with ice, with side dishes and condiments on the table in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

Lateral anatomical diagram of a salmon showing trunk muscles, with labeled sections for epaxial and hypaxial musculature, myomeres, myosepta, and the horizontal septum.

Diagram showing four types of fish scales: ctenoid scales from a bass, cycloid scales from a salmon, ganoid scales from a gar, and placoid scales from a shark, each illustrated with a close-up and the corresponding fish silhouette.

Kamchatka brown bears and the annual salmon run

The amazing journey of salmon in Norway

Learn about salmon aquaculture from a Swedish salmon farmer explaining the importance of maintaining the fish's natural habitat

How brown bears rely on salmon migration

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