For the salmon in my videoclip to find their streams, they still had to navigate the large Lake Union, then a channel into another huge Lake Washington ( which is about 4 miles wide and 16 miles long) and choose their stream from dozens of small ones that empty out all along that long shoreline. It is reported that one such stream runs through Bill Gates' property and that he had it restored.
They also have to switch from being saltwater fish to freshwater fish.
They do all of that to spawn once and die. I was surprised at how shallow the streams are where they spawn. These are large fish and the water sometimes is too shallow to cover their backs completely.
In Alaska it is sad to see hundreds of them just lying there some dead already, the rest dying or about to. This photo isn't clear, but all the larger objects in it are salmon in that condition.
My tour guide in Juneau, Alaska, was able to just step into a stream, reach in and take out this salmon (still alive) with his hands, no line or hook, no struggle.
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Overhere, we have those fish they called it "kelah". This species like to swim agains the strong stream and it's very rare now. It is now protected.
Hi Louis
Thanks for an informative post.
Salmon is my brain food. Somehow, I don't quite feel quilty eating the fish, either raw, cooked or smoked, knowing that it lives a full life.
Hi kbguy,
Got a picture of a "kelah"?
Salmon is one of those good sources of Omega 3, which, if the research findings are correct, is beneficial in so many ways. So no doubt you are doing the right thing for your brain, Fauziah.
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