PINK/HUMPY SALMON
· Smallest of the five types of salmon, averaging 3-5 pounds, but can be found up to about 14 pounds.
· Most abundant of all types of salmon in Alaska with annual commercial catches exceeding 140 millions fish.
· Almost all commercially caught pink salmon is canned.
· They are also called “humpies” because adult males develop a strongly hooked snout and sharp teeth, and an enormous hump behind the head. The females become an olive green color with a lighter colored underside.
· Huge numbers of Pink salmon spawn in Ketchikan streams between late June and mid-October.
· Most abundant of all types of salmon in Alaska with annual commercial catches exceeding 140 millions fish.
· Almost all commercially caught pink salmon is canned.
· They are also called “humpies” because adult males develop a strongly hooked snout and sharp teeth, and an enormous hump behind the head. The females become an olive green color with a lighter colored underside.
· Huge numbers of Pink salmon spawn in Ketchikan streams between late June and mid-October.