What is the difference between Atlantic and Pacific salmon?
Other than the obvious fact that wild Atlantic salmon are found in the Atlantic Ocean and wild Pacific salmon are generally found in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic salmon are from the genus Salmo and Pacific salmon are from the genus Oncorhynchus. The major distinction is that, unlike the Salmo genus, most species of the Oncorhynchus genus die after spawning once. There are seven species within Oncorhynchus that populate BC waters: pink, coho, sockeye, spring/chinook, chum, cutthroat and steelhead. Learn more at thinksalmon.com.
