Nowadays New Zealand's Chinook salmon is found in most restaurants and is popular with many households. Yet this is an aquaculture industry that nearly didn't develop. The original salmon ova were imported from the McCloud River in California and acclimatized here. They became very popular with South Island anglers, but it only became a major aquaculture industry through trial and error and the continuing work of some very innovative Kiwis. This book tells how salmon farming has become a major industry in New Zealand and contributes in excess of $60 million in export earnings. This book tells the story of the industry through text and photographs collected from all sections of the industry.