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Widespread occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) throughout Greenland coastal waters.

Julius NielsenAqqalu Rosing-AsvidLorenz MeireRasmus Nygaard
Published in: Journal of fish biology (2020)
Using social media, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources collected data on the occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in 2019. Eighty-four pink salmon were reported from 22 locations across Greenland. This comprised 76 specimens from 2019 and 8 specimens from 2013 to 2018. Of these, 12 were caught in fresh water, and a single pink salmon was from the bottom of the Nuuk Fjord near the Kapisillit River - the only known river in Greenland where the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) spawn. It is unknown if pink salmon have reproduced in Greenland waters.
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