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Atlantic Salmon - leaping in the Corrib River, Galway, Ireland.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Carolyn Harvie
female Atlantic salmon (full of eggs just before spawning) October 2010
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Baltic sea
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Scheldt estuary
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Westerschelde
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - British Isles
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - IJsselmeer
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Oosterschelde
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Wimereux
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Zeeschelde
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - North Pacific
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - California
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - British Columbia
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part]
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Polish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - North East Pacific
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Ungava Bay
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - United States (Alaska) part of the Gulf of Alaska
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian part of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Chinese part of the Yellow Sea
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
Distribution for Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region IV (Bay of Biscay/Golfe de Gascogne & Iberian coasts)
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