Widespread occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) throughout Greenland coastal waters

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Nielsen, Julius, Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu, Meire, Lorenz, Nygaard, Rasmus
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Brief Communications; Greenland; Kapisillit; Nuuk; Atlantic salmon; Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7383809/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32155283; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14318

Using social media, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources collected data on the occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in 2019. Eighty‐four pink salmon were reported from 22 locations across Greenland. This comprised 76 specimens from 2019 and 8 specimens from 2013 to 2018. Of these, 12 were caught in fresh water, and a single pink salmon was from the bottom of the Nuuk Fjord near the Kapisillit River – the only known river in Greenland where the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) spawn. It is unknown if pink salmon have reproduced in Greenland waters.