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 Whitefish Marketing

Chinook Salmon

  • Chinook — first species of Pacific salmon stocked in the Great Lakes (1873)
  • Chinook and coho reintroduced in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin waters (1966-1967)
  • Millions of Chinook and Coho now stocked throughout lower Great Lakes
  • Some significant natural reproduction recorded in Great Lakes tributaries
  • Feed mainly on alewives; provide a very important sport fishery in lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario


Native Fish Species
Bass (Large & Smallmouth)
Burbot
Lake Herring
Lake Trout
Lake Whitefish
Walleye
Yellow Perch
Lake Sturgeon

Non-native Fish Species
Brown Trout
Chinook Salmon
 Coho Salmon
Common Carp
Rainbow Smelt


Left: Coho, Right: Chinook
Updated: 03/10/2008
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