Salmon
Coates, P. (2006). Salmon. Animal Series. Reaktion Books: London. ISBN 1-86189-295-0. 216 pp.
Part of: Burt, J. (Ed.) Animal Series. Reaktion Books: London. , more
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| Keywords |
Fisheries > Finfish fisheries > Salmon fisheries
Historical account
Salmonidae Jarocki or Schinz, 1822 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, disease, and exposure to cold. Even if they surmount these obstacles, the fish risk becoming dinner for hungry predators like bears, birds, and humans. Guided by a keen sense of smell, the survivors travel to their original hatching grounds, where they breed, spawn, and quickly die. |
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