Okhotsk and also in the Gulf of Penzhinskaya. Japanese fishermen have 
also caught cod in Bering Sea. The chief season is from March to October. 
Salmon and salmon—trout, anadromous fish which are taken in large 
numbers from April to December the time of their spawning migration, 
are characteristic of the northern waters. Of the species of this group 
the most important in the Japanese fisheries is the dog or chum salmon, 
(sake), ( Oncorhynchus keta ) which is found in the waters stretching from 
the northeastern part of Japan proper to Kamchatka. Of all the varieties 
of salmon it is the one most abundant in waters of Japan proper (north of 
35°), but occurs in larger numbers in waters of Hokkaido, Karafuto and 
Sakhalin, the Kuriles and Siberia. These salmon ascend the rivers in 
September to December, later than other salmon. The red salmon (beni 
sake or beni masu), ( Oncorhynchus nerka ) is found in the waters north of 
Honshu with the largest schools occurring off the coast of Kamchatka and 
smaller amounts taken in the seas off the Kuriles. The king or Chinook 
salmon (masunosuke), ( Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) c the largest, is less 
far-ranging than the dog and red salmon, occurring no farther south than 
Hokkaido. It spawns earliest in spring, appearing in the latter part of 
April in vast numbers off the river mouths, especially in Kamchatka and 
the coast8 of the Okhotsk Sea. The largest numbers are taken off the east 
coast of Kamchatka. The run is earlier in the south than the north as it 
begins with the first spring freshet. Pink salmon (masu), ( Oncorhynchus 
gorbuscha) is taken in great abundance being the species canned in largest 
quantities. While it is caught in practically every locality within the 
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