fish chum - a migratory fish of the salmon family.In Russia, in terms of yield, it is only slightly inferior to pink salmon.In 2009, only industrial way of the fish caught over 90 000 tonnes.He lives in the northern waters of the Pacific Ocean 3 - 5 years, nagulivaya meat and fat, and then enters the river and rises to the place of birth, breaking up to 2000 km, even jumping rapids and waterfalls height of several meters.As this is the birthplace of the fish - scientists have not yet figured out.Some believe that she remembers "the smell of the house."Others think that he remembers the taste of the water stream, which hatched from the egg.Others suggest that orientates the magnetic field.
fish chum is to spawn in late autumn, and it happens that lays eggs under the ice has frozen river.In fresh water, does not eat anything, and consumes oil at the beginning of the adipose fin - filled leather fat build-up near the tail, and then out of the body.Before spawning, it is so thin, it is suitable only for fish meal or canned.When entering into the river it fat is from 9 to 11%, after spawning - less than 0.2 - 0.5%.In addition, the meat in this vital stage in the chum becomes flabby.Therefore, it is delicious when caught at sea or in coastal parts of the river at the beginning of the course.
Many members of the salmon family have two forms of existence: the checkpoint and residential.For example, fish and anadromous sockeye forms the shape and living.Residential formed in isolated lakes and called Kokanee.Steelhead has a checkpoint, and living forms, as well as brook and lake trout.
chum salmon are anadromous fish, because she spends all life in the sea and in middle age "passes" into the rivers for spawning.It refers to the types of Pacific salmon die after spawning.Why die?There are several versions.First.How could she, who lived in the sea and feed on plankton, crustaceans and small sea fish, to feed themselves in the river worms, snails, crayfish, freshwater fry?II.Marine fish, having a long journey without food, spawn has no more strength.Therefore, giving the offspring completes earthly existence.There are other versions, but they are still not proven.
about the special properties of red caviar, which gives the fish chum salmon and other salmonids, known on both sides of the Pacific, and the people and animals in Vol. H. Bears: our brown bear, and Black Alaskan and Kodiak giant grizzlyand Japanese - black and brown.Salmon are spawning in the autumn when bears to make their winter fat reserves.It is best suited for this red fish.Therefore bear on the rivers get their paws her going in large numbers.
With an abundance of fish, as real foodies, they eat the eggs and head, and the rest is thrown on the shore.In the early 20th century, the abandoned bear fish saved from starvation famous explorer Ussuriland V.K.Arsenev and his no less famous conductor Dersu Uzala.This was reported in different ways on the Internet.But the V.K.Arsenev wrote that they ate not "bear the leftovers," and full of the carcasses.
Bears did not just choose caviar.They feel the animal instinct that it contains 20% protein and almost no carbohydrates.And vitamins and difficult to count.Researchers found that in caviar and meat of chum salmon contains: retinol, folic and ascorbic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, calciferol, as well as macro- and microelements: potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and others. Interestingly, thiamine - Protector of toxiceffects of alcohol and tobacco.If your menu is regularly present this fish, the expensive vitamins are not necessary.In its most complete composition of the substances, which are necessary for normal functioning of living organisms.A calf them more.
Here it is what fish chum!
Photo man with a catch: chum salmon caught in Alaska during the course of spawning and weighs 15 kg.
The woman in the photo-jewel chum (keta naval uniform), caught in the same place in the coastal zone, weighs 13.5 kg.
Any kind of salmon caught with their hands in the river in Kamchatka, Chukotka, Kola Peninsula, in Ladoga and Lake Onega, is truly priceless.And buy fish, chilled or frozen, you can at the supermarket.The price of salmon ranged from 50 to 75 - 80 $ / kg.
