Pacific Salmon and their Circle of Life

Pacific Salmon and their Circle of Life

Pacific Salmon and their Circle of Life

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A chronicle of the life stages of Pacific Salmon, viewed through the lives of coastal Chum Salmon.

Salmon fry
Salmon fry with sacs (alevin) overwinter within stream gravels (Paul Colvin)
Juvenille salmon
In the spring, juvenile salmon rise up into the stream from the gravels
Chum salmon
Chum Salmon schooling near spawning grounds, Cheakamus Valley
Sea lions waiting for salmon
Sea lions gathered to intercept migrating salmon
Bald eagle eating salmon carcass
A bald eagle on a picked over salmon carcass, Squamish River valley