Atlantic salmon

Atlantic salmon is a fish species of the Salmonidae family found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic.

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The Atlantic salmon follows an "anadromous" fish migration pattern.

Escape from commercial salmon farms in the northern Pacific have introduced the Atlantic salmon into the range of the Pacific species..

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