Oncorhynchus keta (Chum Salmon, Dog Salmon) is an anadromous fish, with a native spawning range from Alaska to San Francisco Bay, and Pacific Russia to Korea and Japan. northeast Asia. The adults range widely in the cooler waters of the North Pacific. The Chum Salmon is a cold-water fish, not tolerating temperatures over 24“C. It reaches 1000 mm length. It has been less widely introduced than most other Pacific salmon species. It was introduced to several southern Maine drainages in 1938, but not subsequently caught. It has been introduced to Norwy, Finland, Latvia, and Iran, but apparently not successfully,
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