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The Salmon Shark is one of ten shark species known to occur in Alaskan waters and most evidence indicates it is the predominant large predatory fish in the North Pacific. Large, powerful, streamlined predators adapted for high speed swimming, they are seen as direct competitors for commercially important species including herring, sablefish and salmon.The Salmon Shark is a member of the family Lamnidae, the mackeral sharks. ... Appearing in many parts of the world including the North Atlantic, the North Sea, off England, Scotland, Iceland, Newfoundland, New England and corresponding latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, it goes without saying that the Salmon Shark is known by many different common names. Depending on where you are in the world it can be called the Porbeagle, Bluedog, Salmon Shark, Mackeral Shark or Bonito Shark, but here we will concentrate on the shark as it occurs in Alaskan waters.
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