Fish in Alaska

Alaska's State Fish is the Chinook Salmon, AKA King Salmon. www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/fish/chinook.php

What is this? Picture taken by Alyssa Erickson in 2004.

The large white ones are Halibut. Picture taken by Alyssa Erickson in 2004.

Summer of 2005, King Salmon, at an Indian village on the Bering Sea.

This Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus Linnaeus) was caught in a fyke net on Alaska’s North Slope. This fish has very small scales which makes it extremely soft to the touch.

This fish is a least cisco (Coregonus said). They are distinguishable from the closely-related Arctic cisco by the black coloring on their pectoral fins. The fish in this picture is not dead, just anesthetized so we could easily take measurements. They recover quite quickly after putting them back in the water.

Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) are common on the North Slope. They are considered “non-sensitive” fish species, because they do not need a lot of oxygen to survive throughout the winter. They can overwinter in areas with surprisingly little unfrozen water.

This is a humpback whitefish (Coregonus oidschian). They are common in lakes and streams on the North Slope.

Here is a broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus). These fish are very important subsistence resources for Alaskan Native people on the North Slope.

What is this? Picture taken by Alyssa Erickson in 2004.
The large white ones are Halibut. Picture taken by Alyssa Erickson in 2004.
Summer of 2005, King Salmon, at an Indian village on the Bering Sea.
This Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus Linnaeus) was caught in a fyke net on Alaska’s North Slope. This fish has very small scales which makes it extremely soft to the touch.
This fish is a least cisco (Coregonus said). They are distinguishable from the closely-related Arctic cisco by the black coloring on their pectoral fins. The fish in this picture is not dead, just anesthetized so we could easily take measurements. They recover quite quickly after putting them back in the water.
Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) are common on the North Slope. They are considered “non-sensitive” fish species, because they do not need a lot of oxygen to survive throughout the winter. They can overwinter in areas with surprisingly little unfrozen water.
This is a humpback whitefish (Coregonus oidschian). They are common in lakes and streams on the North Slope.
Here is a broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus). These fish are very important subsistence resources for Alaskan Native people on the North Slope.