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  2. Alaska blackfish - Wikipedia

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    The Alaska blackfish ( Dallia pectoralis) is a species of freshwater fish in the esocid family ( Esocidae) of order Esociformes. It inhabits Arctic regions of Alaska as well as Siberia and the Bering Sea islands.

  3. Alaska pollock - Wikipedia

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    Alaska pollock is the world's second most important fish species, after the Peruvian anchoveta, in terms of total catch. Alaska pollock landings are the largest of any single fish species in the U.S, with the average annual Eastern Bering Sea catch between 1979 and 2022 being 1.26 million metric tons.

  4. Halibut - Wikipedia

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    Fishermen in Seward, Alaska, with a fresh catch of halibut. Halibut caught off the coast of Raspberry Island, Alaska, in 2007: The two fish being held up are 18 to 23 kg (40 to 50 lb) Halibut tend to be a mottled dark brown on their upward-facing side and white on their underside.

  5. Wildlife of Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Alaska has quite a variety of fish species. Its lakes, rivers, and oceans are home to fish, some including trout , salmon , char , grayling , halibut , lampreys , lingcod , longnose sucker , pacific herring , black rockfish , salmon shark , sculpin , walleye pollock , white sturgeon , and various forms of whitefish .

  6. Sockeye salmon - Wikipedia

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    Sockeye salmon. The sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning.

  7. Pink salmon - Wikipedia

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    Pink salmon spawning in the Indian River, Sitka, AK, September 2018. Pink salmon or humpback salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus ( Pacific salmon ), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species ...

  8. Black rockfish - Wikipedia

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    The black rockfish is a prime target for anglers, and a reproductive rate unusually high for its slow-growing genus makes it more resistant to fishing than its cousins, such as the yelloweye rockfish, are. They are harvested in Oregon, California, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, and the Pacific.

  9. Sablefish - Wikipedia

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    The sablefish is a species of deep-sea fish common to the North Pacific Ocean. Adult sablefish are opportunistic piscivores, preying on Alaskan pollock, eulachon, capelin, herring, sandlance, and Pacific cod, as well as squid, euphausiids, and jellyfish.

  10. Coho salmon - Wikipedia

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    Coho salmon. The coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun [1]) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers". The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч).

  11. Alaska whitefish - Wikipedia

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    The Alaska whitefish ( Coregonus nelsonii) is a species of whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in parts of northwestern North America, where it occurs only in small and large rivers, and rarely in lakes. The maximum length recorded for this species is 56.0 cm (22.0 in).