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Select a fish or fish name below to access Fact Sheets about each species, or select "Salmon Issues" to access more information about fishing, pit-tagging, and the interactions of birds and marine mammals with salmonids.

* An Evolutionarily Significant Unit or "ESU" is a distinctive group of Pacific salmon, steelhead, or sea-run cutthroat trout.
 
 

Female Chum Salmon
Salmon Issues
Male Pink Salmon
Pink Salmon
Male Chinook Salmon
Chinook Salmon
Male Sockeye Salmon
Sockeye Salmon
Male Chum Salmon
Chum Salmon
Male Steelhead Trout
Steelhead
Male Coho Salmon
Coho Salmon
Male Cutthroat Trout
Coastal Cutthroat Trout*
*U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now has jurisdiction over Coastal Cutthroat Trout.

 
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Updated April 18, 2000