Habitat Requirements of Pacific Salmon

Certain Things All Pacific Salmon Require for Survival

O Cold water in streams

O Clear water streams without suspended mud and silt

O Cold nutrient-rich ocean waters which support robust plankton blooms and numerous small fish.

Ocean Currents

North Pacific Current

Alaska Current

North Equatorial Current

Equatorial Countercurrent

Why is the North Pacific Coast Great for Salmon?

Upwelling! Phytoplankton Blooms in

Summer

Chinook

Coho

Chum

Pink

Sockeye

Steelhead/Rainbow Trout

Bull Trout

Other Anadromous Trout Species

Coastal cutthroat O. clarki

Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma

Masu Salmon

This project was made possible in part by a grant from

Washington’s National Park Fund.