Pink or humpback salmon are a migratory species of salmon, native to river systems in the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent regions of the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. Outside of its native range, the species has established self-sustaining populations in rivers in northern Norway and in the far northwest of Russia. These populations are believed to have originated from stocking programmes undertaken in this part of Russia in the second half of the 20th century.
Pink salmon have very rarely been recorded in Irish or British waters to date. However, in summer 2017, incidences of pink salmon have been increasingly reported from angling catches in the west and north of Ireland and also in Britain.
Inland Fisheries Ireland has appealed to anglers and the general public to remain vigilant and report the presence of any Pacific pink salmon in Irish river systems. To date, 30 pink salmon have been recorded in Irish rivers.
See Inland Fisheries Ireland guidance - IFI Procedure to follow if you catch a Pink Salmon
Inland Fisheries Ireland Pink Salmon Identification Flyer August 2017
|Check out the distinctive spotted tail
||And the prominent jaw line