Where does the Atlantic Salmon live?
Salmo salar has 1,419,838 records in 45 countries and territories, from 1551 to 2026. Most records come from France.
- 1,419,838 records
- 45 places
- 285 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataSalmoniformesSalmonidaeSalmo
When it is recorded
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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
15512026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 881,563 | |
| Canada | 226,964 | |
| Norway | 136,512 | |
| Sweden | 51,956 | |
| United Kingdom | 50,791 | |
| Belgium | 23,832 | |
| Netherlands | 15,799 | |
| United States | 12,946 | |
| Poland | 5,801 | |
| French Southern Territories | 4,573 | |
| Russia | 3,406 | |
| Spain | 1,578 | |
| Germany | 1,244 | |
| Denmark | 1,137 | |
| Australia | 488 | |
| Finland | 260 | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 148 | |
| Switzerland | 143 | |
| Isle of Man | 77 | |
| Greenland | 73 | |
| Iceland | 72 | |
| Portugal | 63 | |
| Ireland | 58 | |
| Chile | 51 | |
| Luxembourg | 23 | |
| Lithuania | 17 | |
| Latvia | 11 | |
| New Zealand | 10 | |
| Faroe Islands | 7 | |
| Czechia | 6 | |
| Mexico | 6 | |
| American Samoa | 4 | |
| Åland Islands | 3 | |
| Estonia | 3 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3 | |
| US Virgin Islands | 3 | |
| Austria | 2 | |
| Croatia | 2 | |
| Tokelau | 2 | |
| China | 1 |
Showing the top 40 of 45 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Salmonidae.
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.