Salmon Family Fish in Japan

2020/02/142020/11/25

Japan stretches 2,845km from North to South spanning over the latitude 45 down to 27. Having this geographical space giving plenty of northern waterscape next to Russian Far East and having huge demand on lively seafood makes Japan the largest holders of salmon family fish species in the world.

There are 13 species available for sports fishing excluding 1 rarity: chinook salmon. Hokkaido Island alone holds 10 species and Honshu Island aka main island holds 12 species.

Salmon Family Fish	Hokkaido Region	Honshu Island Region	Shikoku Island Region	Kyushu Island Region	Okinawa Islands Region
Sakhalin Taimen	Landlocked and sea-run	Cultivated	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dolly Varden Trout	Landlocked	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chinook Salmon	Rarity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coho Salmon	Rarity	Cultivated	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pink Salmon	Sea-run	Endemic to Aomori, Tohoku	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chum Salmon	Sea-run	Pacific-side: North to Ibaraki SOJ-side: North to Fukui	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cherry Salmon	Landlocked and sea-run	Landlocked Sea-run north to Ibaraki, north to Fukui	Landlocked	Landlocked	N/A
Kokanee Salmon	Landlocked	Landlocked (1 sub-species)	N/A	N/A	N/A
White-spotted Char	Landlocked and sea-run	Landlocked Sea-run north to Iwate (Pacific), Akita (SOJ)	Landlocked	Landlocked	N/A
Rainbow Trout	Landlocked and sea-run	Landlocked Cultivated	Cultivated	Cultivated	N/A
Brook Trout	Landlocked	Landlocked Cultivated	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lake Trout	N/A	Landlocked - endemic to Lake Chuzenji	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brown Trout	Landlocked and sea-run	Landlocked Cultivated	N/A	N/A	N/A
White Fish	N/A	Landlocked - endemic to lakes in Nagano	N/A	N/A	N/A