It spawns in freshwater and its populations can be lacustrine, riverine, or anadromous, where they return from the ocean to their fresh water birth rivers to spawn. No other freshwater fish is … See more

Habitat
Arctic char can be anadromous, landlocked, or semi-anadromous.
Arctic chars found north of 65°N latitude are generally … See more

Fisheries
Numerous commercial fisheries take place in various river systems throughout the Canadian Arctic, … See more

The Arctic char is closely related to both salmon and lake trout, and has many characteristics of both. The fish is highly variable in colour, depending on the time of year and the … See more

Name
The Arctic char was initially scientifically described in the salmon genus Salmo as Salmo alpinus by See more

Spawning
Spawning occurs over rocky shoals in lakes with heavy wave action and in slower gravel-bottom pools in rivers. As with most … See more

• Ecology of Freshwater Fish Vol. 16, No. 1—Issue on the International Conference on the Conservation and Management of Arctic Charr See more