What makes a healthy salmon?
Salmon are sensitive to water conditions, which makes them good indicators of water pollution. Salmon need certain conditions to be healthy:
- Streamside vegetation and stable steam flows
- Cool, clean water with enough oxygen
- Clean, loose gravel to protect salmon eggs from predators and allow water to flow through the eggs for oxygen
The salmon life cycle
Learn about the different stages of a Pacific Northwest salmon's life, from egg to spawning adult.