Spring Chinook staging for spawning

An adult Chinook salmon shelters under plants and rocks in a river with mixed gravel and rocks.

Photo By/Credit

Michael Humling/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Spring Chinook salmon spend weeks in the rivers where they eventually spawn, staging in cool water areas.

Facility

Winthrop National Fish Hatchery

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Subject tags

Anadromous fish

Fish hatcheries

Fish migration

Fisheries

Fishes

Rivers and streams

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