Salmon: Oncorhyncus (family: Salmonidae)
Incredible Journeys:
Salmon are to be found in the rivers of many countries around the world – but only at certain times of year. This is because Salmon spend most of their lives at sea, only returning to freshwater rivers in order to reproduce.
No one quite knows how, but most of the Salmon spawning in a river will have been born in that river themselves. How these fish find their way back to one river from the open ocean is a mystery.
Salmon and us :
However, this habit of returning to rivers for spawning can be dangerous for the salmon as their successful reproduction relies on our good management of rivers and the environment in general.
