Norwegian record Chum salmon: 5.1 kg

About Chum salmon

The chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), also called dog salmon, is a Pacific salmon native to the North Pacific and neighbouring parts of the Arctic Ocean. At sea it is silvery blue with few, faint spots. In spawning colours it darkens and often shows reddish or purplish bars along the sides, and males develop a hooked jaw with large, dog-like teeth. Typical weight is 3 to 7 kg, with a maximum of about 100 cm and 15 kg. After three to five years at sea it enters the lower reaches of rivers to spawn in summer and autumn, and all adults die afterwards. In Norway a handful of chum salmon turned up in Finnmark after Soviet stocking on the Kola Peninsula from the 1950s, but the species never became established. It is rated very high risk (SE) on Norway's 2023 Alien Species List; if you catch one, check the current rules from the Norwegian Environment Agency.

Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia

• Habitat: Saltvann
• Red list status: SE (2023)

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How to register a Norwegian record

1. Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
2. Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
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