Salmon Biology
This fin is unique to salmonids.
Adipose fin
The largest Atlantic salmon ever caught on a fly in North America was landed in this river.
Restigouche River
In 1981, the ASA and IASF joined forces to form this organization.
The Atlantic Salmon Federation!
The Mi'kmaq word for salmon.
Plamu
This stage describes a salmon that has recently hatched from its egg and is still attached to its yolk sac.
An alevin
A term for both a shallow, fast-moving stretch of water and a way to give monthly.
A Riffle
The Salmon of Knowledge comes from what national folklore.
Irish Folklore
This distinctive characteristic of Atlantic salmon is found above the lateral line but does not extend below it.
Spots
This ASF staff member is celebrating 10 years at ASF.
Kathy
Under the Fisheries Act, this river could become Canada’s first Ecologically and Biologically Significant Area (EBSA).
St. Mary's River
The last U.S President to receive a Presidential Salmon.
George H.W. Bush
A parr that reaches sexual maturity without migrating to the sea is considered this.
A precocious parr
A salmon shaped like a “G” is the symbol of this prominent settler group in Nova Scotia.
Gaelic Nova Scotians
During smoltification, these gill cells grow larger and more numerous, and shift position to help Atlantic salmon excrete salt in seawater.
Chloride cells/ mitochondria rich cells
This river is the only known location in Greenland where Atlantic salmon are known to spawn.
Kapisillit River