Chinook Salmon

The Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, is the largest species in the Pacific (Oncorhynchus) salmon family. Other commonly used names for the species include King Salmon, Quinnat Salmon, Spring Salmon and Tyee Salmon. Chinook are anadromous fish native to the north Pacific Ocean and the river systems of western North America ranging from California to Alaska.