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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| extinct in a specific area | extirpated |
| Ocean of migration | Atlantic |
| process of changing from fresh water fish to salt water fish | smoltification |
| A fish that can live in fresh and salt water | anadromous |
| sac fry is also known as | alevin |
| caring for or raising | rearing |
| a place where eggs are taken from fish and raised | hatchery |
| method of helping fish cross a damn | fish ladder (or lift) |
| nest of a salmon | redd |
| series of stages a living thing goes through from birth to death | life cycle |
| number of stages of the Atlantic Salmon | 6 |
| a small "arm" or branch of a river | tributary |
| seals, heron, wild cats, bear, larger fish, humans, hawks, etc. | predators |
| where eggs are kept and raised until being released | aquarium |
| food for a fry before release | brine shrimp |
| the river Atlantic salmon travel through to get to the Atlantic Ocean | Connecticut River |
| the average life span of an Atlantic Salmon | 4 years |