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Salmon Family Fish in Japan

2020/11/25

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 FishHokkaido RegionHonshu Island RegionShikoku Island RegionKyushu Island RegionOkinawa Islands Region
Sakhalin TaimenLandlocked and sea-runCultivatedN/AN/AN/A
Dolly Varden TroutLandlockedN/AN/AN/AN/A
Chinook SalmonRarityN/AN/AN/AN/A
Coho SalmonRarityCultivatedN/AN/AN/A
Pink SalmonSea-runEndemic to Aomori, TohokuN/AN/AN/A
Chum SalmonSea-runPacific-side: North to Ibaraki
SOJ-side: North to Fukui		N/AN/AN/A
Cherry SalmonLandlocked and sea-runLandlocked
Sea-run north to Ibaraki, north to Fukui		LandlockedLandlockedN/A
Kokanee SalmonLandlockedLandlocked (1 sub-species)N/AN/AN/A
White-spotted CharLandlocked and sea-runLandlocked
Sea-run north to Iwate (Pacific), Akita (SOJ)		LandlockedLandlockedN/A
Rainbow TroutLandlocked and sea-runLandlocked
Cultivated		CultivatedCultivatedN/A
Brook TroutLandlockedLandlocked
Cultivated		N/AN/AN/A
Lake TroutN/ALandlocked - endemic to Lake ChuzenjiN/AN/AN/A
Brown TroutLandlocked and sea-runLandlocked
Cultivated		N/AN/AN/A
White FishN/ALandlocked - endemic to lakes in NaganoN/AN/AN/A

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