State Fish - Landlocked Salmon
The Landlocked Salmon, a subspecies
of the Atlantic salmon, live in the lakes of the northern United States
without ever descending to sea. Landlocked salmon attain a maximum weight
of about 35 lbs. The two most important landlocked populations of the Atlantic
salmon are the Sebago salmon, commonly found in New Hampshire, Maine, and
New Brunswick, and the ouananiche, of Lac Saint-Jean, Canada.