Adult Salmon (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Adult Salmon

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Scientists measure an adult salmon during a tagging project off the coast near Bolinas. Chinook salmon return to spawn in the Sacramento River at different ages, but spawning salmon are increasingly younger and concentrated within fewer age groups, with the oldest age classes rarely seen in recent years.

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Photo by Jeremy Notch

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