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LIFE CYCLE: Spawning in streams that are larger and deeper than other salmon utilize, chinook salmon spawn from late summer to late fall, depending on the run. Fry and smolts usually stay in freshwater from 1 to 18 months before travelling downstream to estuaries, where they remain up to 189 days.
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www.psmfc.org/habitat/edu_chinook_facts.html
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Many of us have grown up watching nature shows that present dramatic footage of large salmon swimming and leaping heroically upstream to spawn. For many, that image is a last act of the salmon -- and not just because a bear got to the...
http://www.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/fishing...
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When the salmon reach the spawning grounds where they were born, males and females spawn together. The female digs out a shallow redd in the gravel on the river bottom using sweeping movements of her tail and letting the current wash away the silt and fine particles.
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www.washingtontourist.com/salmon/journey/seven.html
www.washingtontourist.com/salmon/journey/seven.html
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Washington has breached its duties to Indian tribes under treaties dating to the 1850s by failing to maintain the road system, cutting off salmon from spawning grounds and robbing tribes of fish they were promised, a federal judge ruled. ... The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez ... "That was a big one today!"
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www.seattlepi.com/local/328681_salmon23.html
www.seattlepi.com/local/328681_salmon23.html
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Fishermen and public health groups push for protections ... Seattle, WA -- The federal government continues to allow toxic pesticides to poison endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead without complying with its legal duties and federal court direction to protect these species from such poisonings.
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www.earthjustice.org/news/press/007/pacific-salmon-at-r...
www.earthjustice.org/news/press/007/pacific-salmon-at-risk-from-pesticides.html
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Devastating declines in the number of spawning salmon in both the Klamath and Sacramento river basins forced regulators to ban almost all ocean fishing of chinook salmon in California and Oregon for the past two years.
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www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/MN...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/MN5I19CVKD.DTL
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It appears millions of salmon eggs and newly hatched fish have died on the banks of the Fraser River near Chilliwack because of a dam approved by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. ... Downstream, the level has dropped a metre and a half, exposing a 500-metre stretch of salmon spawning bed that's 20 metres wide.
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www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/03/10/bc_...
www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/03/10/bc_salmon20060310.html
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(Olympia, Wash) More wild salmon could soon be swimming for The Evergreen State College woods with the removal of a major barrier to their upriver migration. ... Fish will once again gain access to almost one mile of spawning and rearing habitat. The work will also restore the natural processes of sediment, wood,
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www.evergreen.edu/news/archive/2009/09/salmon
www.evergreen.edu/news/archive/2009/09/salmon
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Duties include coordinating and conducting coastal and lower Columbia River salmon spawning ground surveys, as well as, implementing reseach to improve inventory methods. Other duties include technical assistance to various fishery managment programs...
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oregonstate.edu/dept/ODFW/spawn/index.htm
oregonstate.edu/dept/ODFW/spawn/index.htm
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