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John F. Kocik, Ph.D.

John F. Kocik, Ph.D. Research Fishery Biologist NOAA Fisheries Maine Field Station. Salmon. Atlantic Salmon. Pacific Salmon Chinook Coho Sockeye Chum Pink. Salmon are Anadromous. Anadromous – live part of life in freshwater river and part in ocean. Lets look at their life cycle.

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John F. Kocik, Ph.D.

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  1. John F. Kocik, Ph.D. Research Fishery Biologist NOAA Fisheries Maine Field Station

  2. Salmon Atlantic Salmon Pacific Salmon • Chinook • Coho • Sockeye • Chum • Pink

  3. Salmon are Anadromous Anadromous – live part of life in freshwater river and part in ocean

  4. Lets look at their life cycle

  5. Redds – a salmon “nest”where salmon lay eggs in river This is the Narraguagus River in Maine

  6. 1. Eggs

  7. 1a. Eyed Eggs

  8. 2. Alevin

  9. 3. Fry

  10. 4. Parr Parr marks

  11. 4. Parr

  12. 5. Smolts

  13. Time to go to Sea!Off the Maine Coast

  14. Where do salmon go in the ocean?

  15. Does this look like Maine?

  16. Is this Maine?

  17. Looking for Food Looking for Food …

  18. 6. Adult Atlantic Salmon My how they have grown!

  19. Time to Head Home

  20. Back to The Riverafter 2 years in the Ocean

  21. 6. Adult Atlantic Salmon

  22. Back Home Again to Maine

  23. How do we know what salmon do? Research

  24. Counting Smolts

  25. Tracking Smolts Where do they go?

  26. Pingers

  27. Tags Mark

  28. # # " # # " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " . " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 0 2,400 4,800 9,600 Meters Smolt Tracking Map Smolt Traps Monitors

  29. Following a Smolt

  30. Fish Hatcheries

  31. Every Scale Tells a Story River Salmon Hatchery Salmon

  32. 4 3 2 1 How Old is That Fish? Ocean Life River Life

  33. The End

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