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Atlantic salmon

Length

up to 76 cm (adults, up to 30 inches (NOAA); adults returning after two winters at sea average 28 to 30 inches, and USFWS reports rare fish of 35 inches)

Weight

3.6 to 5.4 kg (typical adults, 8 to 12 pounds; may reach 30 pounds (about 14 kg))

Lifespan in the wild

4 to 6 years (NOAA Fisheries' typical figure)

Lives in

Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greenland, Iceland and 10 more places