What type of fish is this?

[Matt B]

Can you tell what kind of salmon are journeying home to the forest, under the watchful gaze of Washington's Working Foresters?

 

[Salmo_g]

Ha! It does look suspiciously like the ubiquitously mentioned Atlantic salmon. And they do occur in Washington's PS rivers - after a net pen escape!

 

[Rob Allen]

All joking aside they are Atlantics. 30 years ago everyone working for the Seattle Times would have known that and would have found a different picture to use.

 

[Old Man]

I caught one out of the main Stilly below the Bridge in Silvana. On worms no less. It came in like a log. No fight at all I released it back into the river. This was one hell of a long time ago.

 

[Matt B]

All joking aside they are Atlantics. 30 years ago everyone working for the Seattle Times would have known that and would have found a different picture to use.

I don't think the Seattle Times bears responsibility in this case, other than taking money for the ad space from the forestry trade association that is responsible for the ad. That group probably hired an advertising/design firm to make the ad, and some designer somewhere searched for free or really cheap pictures of "salmon," and there ya go.