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Salmon Life Cycle
Salmon Species
Salmon Habitat
Salmon Threats/
Predators
Miscellaneous
100
The first stage in the salmon life cycle.
What is egg?
100

This is the most common salmon species in the Colquitz River.

What is Coho?

100
This is the habitat where salmon spend their adult lives.
What is the ocean?
100
This threat can harm wild salmon in ALL of the six life cycle stages.
What is pollution?
100
This is the nest that a female salmon creates for her eggs.
What is a "redd"?
200
This stage begins after the egg has hatched.
What is alevin?
200
The males of this salmon species develop "teeth" during spawning.
What is chum (dog)?
200
This single obstruction has had the greatest impact on salmon habitat and migratory routes.
What are dams?
200

During this stage, the salmon can be killed if people walk on the bottom of streams and disturb their redds. 

What is egg?

200

This is where Colquitz river ends up. 

What is Portage Inlet?

300
During this stage salmon begin to develop scales and change color.
What is smolt?
300
This species is popular with sport fishermen and is able to live in urban areas and cities.
What is Coho?
300

These are three things that are required for a healthy salmon habitat. 

What is shade, clean water, food, protection?

300
This is the first stage in which fishermen are one of salmon's predators.
What is adult / the ocean stage?
300

These are 3 examples of pollutants that can end up in the river and harm salmon.

What are: oil from cars, garbage, rubber from tires.

400
This is the stage when the spawning ground scent is imprinted on the salmon.
What is fry?
400

This species turns bright red during spawning. 

What is the Sockeye?

400

These are ALL (five) of the bodies of water in which salmon can be found.

What are: oceans, estuaries, rivers, lakes, and streams (creeks)?

400
During this stage, older salmon are one of the salmon's predators.
What is smolt?
400

This is the survival percentage of wild salmon.

What is 3-5%?

500

During this stage, the salmon develop parr marks which help camouflage them from predators. 

What are fry?

500
This is the largest species of salmon, nicknamed "King."
What is Chinook?
500

These are 2 ways that having plants near the river bank improves salmon habitat. 

What is providing shade, attracting aquatic insects, prevent erosion? 
500

This is the stage when salmon are most threatened by dams. 

What is spawner?

500

The number of coho salmon that spawn in Colquitz river each year. (hint: between 0-1000, must guess +/- 100)

What is 200-400 coho salmon?