Salmonid Life Cycle

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Salmonid Life Cycle
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• Coho Salmon (Silver Salmon)
• Chinook Salmon (King Salmon)
• Steelhead Trout

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Eggs
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Eyed Egg
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Eggs Need

• Cool Water
• Clean Water
• Flowing Water

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Hatching Eggs
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Eggs and alevin
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Alevin
Alevin with yolk sac
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Swimming fry
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Fry
School of fry with parr marks
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Fry Need

• Protection from predators
• Food
• Cool, clean water

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Smolts
Salmonid smolts are silver-colored.
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Smolts live in an estuary. Estuary a place with
both fresh water and salt water.
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Adult Salmonids
Adult salmonids live in the ocean.
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Returning to the River
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Spawner Salmon Need

• Safe access

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Spawner Salmon Need

• A place to spawn

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Spawner Salmon Need

• Clean gravel

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Building a Redd
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Male vs. Female Spawners
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Salmon are Part of the Food Web
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Salmon Food
Salmonids eat -Insects -Krill -Other small fish
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Salmon are food for many animals
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• Salmon need
• FOOD
• CLEAN WATER

Caddisfly larvae are salmon food.
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• Salmon need
• SHELTER
• SPACE

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Salmon need Protection from predators
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• What can you do to help protect salmon and their
  home so they can survive?