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[Editor's NOTE] Currently reorganizing this page. And creating canneries (Historical Notes on Salmon Canneries), cannery towns (Historical Notes on Salmon Canneries Towns).
Additional (California Indians, etc) from my books, Menlo Park Library and Redwood City Historic Archive Rooms

Also another 5 books coming on Indians alone, mostly local Costanoans.

Salmon

Salmon 1. (Zo”l.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food.

Salmon from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish

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Introduction

Salmon Diversity Map for Northern Pacific
Source: http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/images/map_salmon_diversity.jpg

coloradded.html The truth about "color added" in Salmon.
salmoneat.html The salmon you eat.
bystate/bystate.html The salmon information by state or region.
canneries/canneries.html Historical Notes on Salmon Canneries.
food/food.html What do they eat?
Hatcheries
Angling/Fishing
Salmon Fish Traps
"Salmon" "California Fish * Game" 1921
Salmon & Chloramine

Salmon farm aerial view.
Source: http://www.salmonoftheamericas.com/env_footprint.html

History

Facts, Trivia and Misc Information

The Connecticut River dammed in 1798 soon afterwards lost it's salmon.
Source: Trout and salmon of North America, p. 249 - ISBN 0-7432-2220-2

The last salmon caught on the Thames in England was in 1833.
Source: Encycopedia of Fish

Until 1855, sockeye salmon (then called blueback salmon) were listed as the second most abundant salmon in the Yakima River. In 1993, over 20 sockeye salmon adults returned to the Yakima River Basin. These adults, the first in over 60 years, were part of a restoration project.
Source: CLE ELUM LAKE ANADROMOUS SALMON RESTORATION FEASIBILITY STUDY: SUMMARY OF RESEARCH

Winter-run chinook salmon embryos and fry begin dying at 57.5°F .
Source: Aquatic Survival Volume 5 Number 4 - December 1996

Many articles state that the salmons were protect (or mentioned) in the Magna Carta. But the truth is that it is mentioned indirectly. It actually says:

All kydells (fish-weirs) for the future shall be removed altogether from Thames and Medway, and throughout all England, except upon the sea shore.

Chinook is one of the largest fishes found in Alaska's fresh water. The hook-and-line record is 97 pounds, and the largest king ever caught was a 126-pounder was caught in 1949 in a fish trap near Petersburg in Southeast Alaska.
Source: http://fairbanks-alaska.com/alaska-salmon.htm

The longest life span for a pacific salmon is 7 years, for an atlantic salmon 8.
Source: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fish FAQ salmon section

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/fishfaq2d.html

Primarily because of the short harvest season for wild salmon, most of that catch, 95 percent, is sold as canned or frozen salmon, while the remaining 5 percent is consumed fresh during the three- to four-month season when they are caught.
Source: http://www.salmonoftheamericas.com/production.html
[Editor's NOTE] This number seems to include Pink Salmon, of which 90+ percent is canned, not listed as endangered and amount for 90+ percent of canned salmon.

Historically, 300,000 to 500,000 adults probably entered U.S. rivers each year in the New England area. From 1999-2000 fewer than 1,000 adults were reported.
Source: http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309083117/html/15.html

Based on records from salmon canneries, coho in Oregon north of Cape Blanco (near Port Orford) numbered about 1.25 million adults annually 100 years ago. During recent years, the annual production of wild coastal coho in Oregon has been dramatically less, around 50,000 to 80,000 fish - a 90 percent decline.
Source: COHO SALMON: LIFE IN THE WATERSHED

Other Salmon Facts from Shooting Head Cowboys
http://www.shootingheadcowboys.com/facts.php

Salmon of the Pacific

Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - Endangered
Chum (Oncorhynchus keta) - Endangered
Cherry (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - Endangered
Pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) - Endangered

FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition - Seafood Products Research Center

FROM Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0at.html Atlantic Salmon - (Salmo Salar)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0kg.html Chinook, aka King - (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0co.html Coho - (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0pk.html Pink Salmon, aka Humpback - (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/ANS00374.html Response to "Consumer Reports Magazine" Investigation

Latest Status of Endangered Pacific Salmon
http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/page.php?pgID=29

http://www.fws.gov/idahoes/fact/chinook.html Endangered
http://www.fws.gov/idahoes/fact/sockeye.html Endangered

IUCN Red Listed Salmonoids
http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/assess/page.asp?pID=70

1994 Satsukimasu Salmon - (Oncorhynchus ishikawai) - Japan
1990 Danube Salmon - (Hucho hucho) - Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
A land locked salmon reported to be one of the largest fresh water fishes.

A Partial List of Extinct Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Populations
http://www.inforain.org/mapsatwork/salmonstocks/salmonstocks_appendix2.htm

News

news.html News about Salmon. Starting 2006-06-21.

Manufacturers and Trade Associations

Wild Pacific Salmon
http://www.wildpacificsalmon.com/

Unclassified

FWS Report Shows Atlantic Salmon Stocks Need Additional Protection
http://library.fws.gov/salmon/index.html

Genetic Status of Atlantic Salmon in Maine: Interim Report (2002) Chapter 3 Current State of Atlantic Salmon in Maine
http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309083117/html/15.html

http://salmonpage.com/

Smithsonian Magazine Lost at Sea What's killing the great Atlantic salmon?, April 2002
http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2002/april/lostsea.php

National Geographic Everyone loves Atlantic Salmon,
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0307/feature5/index.html

History of Salmon Shows our Repeated Mistakes - November 11, 2003
http://www.bluefish.org/historyo.htm

http://www.ftai.com/

Fundy's Wild Atlantic Salmon: Doomed or Simply Down? Fundy Issue #17; Spring 2001
http://www.bofep.org/salmon.htm

Atlantic Salmon Federation
http://www.asf.ca/default.htm

http://www.salmoninfo.org/

http://salmonnation.com/

http://www.fisheries.org

http://www.watershedstewardsproject.com/index.php
http://www.shootingheadcowboys.com/index.php A film about salmon
http://www.bfa-fish.de/index-e.html Federal Research Centre for fisheries

http://www.alaskool.org/projects/traditionalife/fishtrap/FISHTRAP.htm Salmon Fish Traps

Salmon Picture from California Digital Archive

B-3065

Salmon Jumping a Gate.

1980.034:45

Dried Salmon at Indian Camp Along the Yukon River, Alaska.

AS1289

Salmon by the ton. A scowfull at the wharf, Fairhaven, Washington

KU16678

Salmon Cannery Factory. Astoria, Oregon

KU16734

Weighing the fish, Salmon Canning Factory, Astoria, Ore.

WX9558
November 8, 1938.

Siwash Indian fishing for salmon - pulling in a 30 lb. fish, B.C. Canada.

Glossary

Fish Weir - A fish weir or fish trap is a step forward in fishing technology, used in North America for the past several thousand years.
Fish Weir Illustration & Function
Kelt Spent or spawned-out salmon up until the time it enters saltwater.
Magna Carta with commentary.

Dictionary of Dam Jargon as related to salmon
http://www.wildsalmon.org/library/dam-jargon.cfm

Glossary
http://www.stateofthesalmon.org/resource/glossary.asp

NOAA:Office of Protected Resources Fisheries Glossary
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/glossary.htm