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The Atlantic salmon is an anadromous migratory fish found in the temperate and arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Anadromous is migrating from sea/salt water into fresh water to spawn.
Atlantic salmon can grow to a very large size and the biggest, which have reached up to around 70lbs (32kg), are usually caught in Norway and Russia. However, some very large fish have been recorded in Scottish rivers.
The highest jump a salmon has been known to make in Scotland is a vertical one of 12ft (3.7m) at the Orrin Falls in Ross-shire.
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