Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
(Chinook Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1336846
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Speciestshawytscha
Common NameChinook Salmon
StateMI
CountyMason
LocalityLake Michigan
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Michigan
HUC8 Number04190000
Map
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Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusstocked
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29161
Author:Clark, R.D., J.R. Bence, R.M. Claramunt, J.E. Johnson, D. Gonder, N.D. Legler, S.R. Robillard, and B.D. Dickinson.
Date:2016
Title:A spatially explicit assessment of changes in Chinook Salmon fisheries in lakes Michigan and Huron from 1986 to 2011
Journal:North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Volume:36
Issue:5
Pages:1068-1083
CommentsApproximate stock/collected
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked4,000,000
Number Collected500,000


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