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salmon

vr.tr.salmon · PHY.LIV

Let an agent explain salmon as fish and as food, identify species and products, relay biology, fisheries, aquaculture and conservation information from authoritative sources, and relay nutrition and food safety in general terms.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain salmon as fish and as food, identify species and products, relay biology, fisheries, aquaculture and conservation information from authoritative sources, and relay nutrition and food safety in general terms.

Any of several species of ray-finned fish of the family Salmonidae, chiefly the Atlantic salmon and the Pacific salmons such as chinook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum, which hatch in fresh water, migrate to sea and return to spawn, and as food one of the most consumed fish worldwide, sold as fillets, cutlets, smoked and cured forms such as gravlax, and farmed on a large scale; wild salmon populations and regional stocks such as those of the Adour are subjects of conservation.

What it is for: Food, fisheries and aquaculture; ecological keystone species.

It can be identify species and products; explain life cycle and ecology; relay fisheries and aquaculture information; relay nutrition and safety.

Distinguishing features

Anadromous migration

Homing to natal rivers

Major farmed species

Cultural and economic importance

What it looks like

Silvery streamlined fish with pink to red flesh; as food, orange-pink fillets and steaks.

Physical character

Atlantic salmon length: up to about 150 cm

farmed production: about 3 million tonnes per year - Atlantic salmon, per FAO

How it is recognised

Salmonid fish with anadromous life cycle

Atlantic and Pacific species

Trout and char are related salmonids; salmon products are the food forms

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

fish

is a kind of - in registry terms

seafood

belongs to - the family

Salmonidae

is farmed in - on a large scale

aquaculture

In practice

Families and kinds

Atlantic salmon

Pacific salmon species: chinook, coho, sockeye, pink, chum and masu

regional wild stocks such as the Adour salmon

farmed salmon

products: fillets, cutlets, smoked salmon, gravlax and cured forms such as Kroglaks

Identifiers

taxon Salmo salar and Oncorhynchus species

HS code 0302.1 and 0304 fresh salmon and fillets

Standards and regulation

Fisheries management and quotas

Aquaculture licensing and welfare rules

Food safety and labelling rules

Conservation listings for wild stocks

Failure modes and hazards

Decline of wild populations

Sea lice and escapes from farms

Mislabelling of farmed and wild fish

Food safety with raw products

Also called

KroglaksPacific salmonSaumons de l'Adourgraved salmonsalmon filletsalmon cutlet

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.salmon

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identify What salmon this is.

Identity.

Species

Species and products.

Species

Species.

  1. Which salmon species is it, and how are wild, farmed and product forms distinguished? definition
  2. Is the fish a salmon, a trout or another salmonid? boundary

Life cycle

Life cycle.

Lifecycle

Lifecycle.

  1. How do salmon hatch, migrate to sea and return to spawn? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific species? action
Industry Fisheries and farming.

Sources.

Fisheries

Wild fisheries.

Fisheries

Fisheries.

  1. How are wild salmon fisheries managed, and what do catch data show, with sources? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Aquaculture

Salmon farming.

Aquaculture

Aquaculture.

  1. How is salmon farmed, and what debates exist about its impacts, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Food Salmon as food.

Practice.

Nutrition

Nutrition and safety.

Nutrition

Nutrition.

  1. What nutrients does salmon provide, and what safety rules apply to raw and smoked products? provenance
  2. Is the user asking for personal dietary advice, which needs a professional? boundary

Products

Products and cuisine.

Products

Products.

  1. How is salmon prepared as fillets, cutlets, smoked salmon, gravlax and other forms? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific product? action
Conserve Conservation and culture.

Context.

Conservation

Conservation.

Conservation

Conservation.

  1. What threatens wild salmon, and how are stocks such as the Adour protected? provenance
  2. Which entry fits salmon conservation? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What role does salmon play in Indigenous and regional cultures, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each species be a separate entry?
  • How should fisheries and FAO data be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming products and regional stocks; should they be split off?