Salmon in the Classroom

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Not too bad...I fished commercially in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the kind of fishing where you catch more than just one fish at a time...more like 10,000 lbs sets...Purse Seining, the only way to catch Salmon...not as fun, but $$$ :D :D :D
 
Great lakes salmon from lake MI,Huron,and Superior do not go into the atlantic ocean, it is possible for lake Erie and Ontario salmon but highly unlikly due to everything they need is supplied in the Great lakes. They need food and open water and cool water which the great lakes are full of.:D

Tyler
 
MultispeciesTamer;2425543; said:
Great lakes salmon from lake MI,Huron,and Superior do not go into the atlantic ocean, it is possible for lake Erie and Ontario salmon but highly unlikly due to everything they need is supplied in the Great lakes. They need food and open water and cool water which the great lakes are full of.:D

Tyler
Saltwater too? I'm confused...
 
zennzzo;2425857; said:
Saltwater too? I'm confused...

The great lakes are freshwater. Salmon are anadromous, meaning they can go from fresh to salt water and back but they don't have to. They can remain in freshwater lakes if their needs are met.
 
zennzzo;2425857; said:
Saltwater too? I'm confused...
Yeah, they don't NEED saltwater. The Great Lakes are large enough, that they can live out there adult lives there and then return to streams flowing into the lakes to spawn
 
What an awesome project! I had been hoping to see something about this program on in the threads. There was a teacher who did this at my elementary school. I was always jealous haha. But my second grade teacher brought in crayfish for us, and we bred them and raised the baby crawdads, the some of us got to take them home. My favorite pet is still Buddy the crawdad lol. She was a cool teacher... also brought in stickbugs and guinea pigs.
 
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