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Alaska is a patchwork of many different kinds of aquatic ecosystems. The Chugach National Forest has at least five different kinds distributed across 607 stream systems! While there are numerous species of fish found throughout the National Forests and the state, the presence of salmon is one of ...more ↓

Alaska is a patchwork of many different kinds of aquatic ecosystems. The Chugach National Forest has at least five different kinds distributed across 607 stream systems! While there are numerous species of fish found throughout the National Forests and the state, the presence of salmon is one of the defining features. Decaying salmon carcasses infuse critically important marine derived nutrients into aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial ecosystems.

"Located along the fisheries-rich Gulf of Alaska, the Chugach and Tongass national forests are among the world great treasures of freshwater habitats for the five species of Pacific salmon. Rainfall averaging 120 inches per year feeds 32,000 miles of streams and 189,000 acres of lakes across the forests. These abundant waters provide major fisheries for subsistence, commercial and sport uses. As much as ninety-five percent of the state salmon catch comes from fish produced in the waters of the national forests."

"There are at least 19 fish species that occupy the Chugach National Forest. In terms of abundance, economic value, cultural significance, and ecological importance, the five species of Pacific salmon play the primary role. In addition, there are six additional anadromous species that occupy national forest waters and are also part of the indigenous aquatic ecosystem[.]" Further information incorporating additions from the Tongass National Forest will be added here shortly.

Information pulled from the Chugach National Forest - Forest Plan Assessment 2014. less ↑

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  • 41 Ray-finned Fishes Class Actinopterygii
  • 2 Jawless Fishes Superclass Agnatha
  • 1 Cartilaginous Fishes Class Chondrichthyes
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Chinook Salmon 1 Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Sockeye Salmon 2 Oncorhynchus nerka
Chum Salmon 3 Oncorhynchus keta
Rainbow Trout 4 Oncorhynchus mykiss
Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Coho Salmon 5 Oncorhynchus kisutch
Cutthroat Trout 6 Oncorhynchus clarkii
Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
Arctic Grayling 7 Thymallus arcticus
Round Whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum
Dolly Varden Char 8 Salvelinus malma malma
Burbot 9 Lota lota
Eulachon 10 Thaleichthys pacificus
Coastrange Sculpin 11 Cottus aleuticus
Prickly Sculpin 11 Cottus asper
Slimy sculpin 12 Cottus cognatus
Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
Nine-spined Stickleback 13 Pungitius pungitius
Alaska Blackfish Dallia pectoralis
Capelin 14 Mallotus villosus
Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus
Creek chub Couesius plumbeus
Arctic Cisco Coregonus autumnalis
Bering Cisco Coregonus laurettae
Least Cisco Coregonus sardinella
Atka Mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius
Lingcod 15 Ophiodon elongatus
Northern Pike 16 Esox lucius
River Lamprey Lampetra ayresii
Alaska Pollock Theragra chalcogramma
Turkey-red rockfish 17 Sebastes ruberrimus
Pacific Sand Lance Ammodytes hexapterus
Longfin Smelt 18 Spirinchus thaleichthys
Beloribitsa Stenodus leucichthys
Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria
Salmon Shark Lamna ditropis
Pond Smelt Hypomesus olidus
Rainbow Smelt 19 Osmerus mordax
Longnose Sucker 20 Catostomus catostomus
Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
Pygmy Whitefish Prosopium coulterii
Humpback Whitefish Coregonus pidschian
Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus
Pacific Lamprey Lampetra tridentata

Edited by USFS Alaska, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 1. (c) Michael Jefferies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 2. (c) Магадан, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 4. (c) Brian Yap (葉), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 5. (c) Østergaard, T., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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  • 12. (c) Claude Nozères, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Claude Nozères
  • 13. (c) Cody Hough, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 14. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 15. (c) Dan Hershman, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 16. (c) Bas Kers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 18. (c) 2011 Bill Stagnaro, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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