Occurrence of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Iceland in 1960 and 1961

On 2 September 1960 a foreign looking fish was caught in a gill net in the river Skjálfandafljót in northern Iceland. It proved to be a male pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, 46 centimeters long ( forked length), weighing 1175 grams, with a well developed hump on its back. This is the first reported occurence of pink salmon in lceland.