Salmon in the Classroom
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zennzzo;2424535; said:Then you'll have a salmon fishery right where you release them...are you going to release them in a freshwater creek/stream/river?
What species of Salmon are they...Atlantic/coho/Chinook/kokanee/chum/sockeye?
Those bags of food look like purina salmon chow, really is such a thing...
This is great because Salmon is a terminal fishery...meaning when they spawn it is at the end of their life cycle...they can go out to the ocean and when the mature they can return 1000's of miles right back to the place that you release them...
Another interesting fact...the Salmon that were native to the rivers and streams around Mt St Helens, when their natural habitat was destroyed by the volcano, they were found in streams nearest to their home spawn beds, but not necessarily the closest by actual miles traveled, but as the crow flys...All this from an animal with the brain the size of those eggs you're hatching and less than 5 years old...
I was involved with the local high school fisheries class in Westport Wash. And the kids just loved the fact they got to see results from the spawn they released...
Great Job for exposing them...it can only bring light to how delicate our environment really is...KUDOs, we need more teachers like you...
We will be releasing them into a tributary of the Flint River. The Chinook salmon will make their way to Lake Huron. They won't go all the way to the ocean though.
Land locked?fobrinkle;2425188; said:We will be releasing them into a tributary of the Flint River. The Chinook salmon will make their way to Lake Huron. They won't go all the way to the ocean though.
zennzzo;2425192; said:Land locked?
No...one of the Great lakes. The salmon stay there.
I was out getting in trouble during US geography class, but through waterways and canals there is a route to the Atlantic ocean right?fobrinkle;2425197; said:No...one of the Great lakes. The salmon stay there.
zennzzo;2425319; said:I was out getting in trouble during US geography class, but through waterways and canals there is a route to the Atlantic ocean right?
Yeah there is a way through Lake Erie, lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Sea Way to the Atlantic...but they stay in the Great Lakes. They have found tagged fish that were let go in Wisconsin in Lake Huron so they do travel around the Great Lakes.
I'll bet if they were to radio track them they would also see that they made it to the ocean too...What size are these Chinook when they return to spawn?fobrinkle;2425357; said:Yeah there is a way through Lake Erie, lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Sea Way to the Atlantic...but they stay in the Great Lakes. They have found tagged fish that were let go in Wisconsin in Lake Huron so they do travel around the Great Lakes.
zennzzo;2425401; said:I'll bet if they were to radio track them they would also see that they made it to the ocean too...What size are these Chinook when they return to spawn?
I'm sure some of them do make it out to the Atlantic. The ones I've caught and friends have caught range from 20-30 lbs. A friend did catch a 40 pounder once. The Michigan record for a chinook is 46 lbs.
