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Salmon Terms
Term | Definition |
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Anadromous | Are fish that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn |
Spawn | The reproduction of salmon |
Natal stream | The home stream of a salmon / where it was born |
Alevin | A newly spawned salmon or trout still carrying the yolk |
Fry | Alevin that have developed to the point where they are capable of feeding themselves |
Smolt | About two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea. |
Milt | The semen of a male fish. |
A.T.U. | Accumulated Thermal Untis |
Redd | Spawning nest made by a salmon |