My eyes opened to greet the early morning rays of light breaking into my log cabin bedroom windows. I could hear something on the roof, squirrels chasing each other back and forth on the sun-warmed shingles. Today was Saturday, the first day of the spring we have time to go fly fishing. The aroma of fresh ground coffee, drifting in from the kitchen, lifted me from my bed. The crackling pops of sizzling bacon, my father was frying in his favorite black cast iron pan, was as clear to my ears as
Salmoniformes, Salmonidae, Oncorhynchus, tshawytscha. This salmon can become anywhere between forty to a hundred and twenty pounds and reaches up to three feet in length. It feeds off of insects, amphipods, and other crustaceans while young, and mainly fish as adults. The King Chinook Salmon has a variety of green, blue, and silver colors along it's back. The Silver Salmon is also known as the Coho Salmon. It's taxonomy is Animalia, Chordata, Osteichthyes, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae, Oncorhynchus
The structure and function of the different fins of the Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss The Rainbow trout, belonging to the family Salmonidae, Class Actinopterygii (ray finned fish), inhabitscold streams, rivers and lakes in North America. Ones living in lakes have silver scales apart from those on their back which are dark green. They are covered in dark spots that usually go no further than the lateral line. The lateral line is a line of sense organs found on the side of the Rainbow trout.
Salmon, is one of the most frequently eaten species of fish, they belong in the fish family known as Salmonidae. Examples of other fish in this family are grayling, trout, and whitefish. Salmon are mainly inhabitant to the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. A lot of salmon now grow in non-native environments since they are also intensively produced in aquaculture throughout all over the world, but originally wild salmon are born in freshwater. One of the most commonly purchased and produced fish in Canada
Acid Rain: Its Effects on Aquatic Environments What is Acid Rain?: Acid rain is rain, snow or fog that is polluted by acid in the atmosphere and damages the environment. Two common air pollutants acidify rain: sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx). When these substances are released into the atmosphere they are transformed into sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and nitric acid (HNO3) and can be carried over long distances by prevailing winds and return to earth as acidic rain, snow, fog or dust
Salmon as a Source of Food is on the Decline Introduction The global population will reach the nine billion mark by the year 2050. The technical experts, researchers, and leaders around the world work towards food security for this population. The fish, though unappreciated can play a significant role in satisfying the middle-income population around the world and meet food security in developing countries. The fish population represents about 16 percent of the available animal protein in the world
2014). Today, it still continues to be a well-known and vital part of oceans ecosystems. They are sometimes referred to as the ‘king of fish’ (The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, 2014). Atlantic salmon belongs to the family of Salmonidae (U.S. Food And Drug Administration, 2013). Also, it is in the order of Salmoniformes, which include all salmons, trouts, whitefishes, and smelts (Webb, 2009). A common characteristic of salmonides is the presence of an adipose fin. Atlantic salmon