ART EVERY DAY NUMBER 381 / ILLUSTRATION / CHERRY SALMON
Art Every Day Number 381 CHERRY SALMON is about living in the ocean.
” [Cherry] Salmon are a species that reside … on the Asian side of the world’s largest ocean. The species of salmon that is most comfortable in warm water, they live in temperate, shallow waters and are smaller than most of their Pacific cousins. There is a landlocked population of cherry salmon which live in Taiwan…
When they were first identified as a separate species, some anglers tried to introduce the cherry salmon to lakes in the United States. The first attempt was in Michigan in 1929 in the Boyne River, and the second attempt occurred in at Hewitt Lake and Puget Sound in Washington in 1974. Neither attempt was successful, as these fish were not compatible with temperatures lower than their native Asian sea climates. In addition, further attempts have been discouraged due to the discovery of parasites which cling to the cherry salmon and which could have negative effects upon the ecosystems of North America.” –gosalmonfishing.com
Art & illustration / Janet Bright
