1. Salmonid Life Cycle

2. Eggs
Alevin
Fry
Smolt
Adult
Spawner
Freshwater
Estuary
Ocean

3. Coho Salmon (Silver Salmon)
Chinook Salmon (King Salmon)
Steelhead Trout

4. Eggs

5. Eyed Egg

6. Eggs Need:
Cool Water
Clean Water
Flowing Water

7. Hatching Eggs

8. Eggs and alevin

9. Alevin
Alevin with yolk sac

10. Swimming fry

11. Fry
School of fry with parr marks

12. Fry Need:
Protection from predators
Food
Cool, clean water

13. Smolts
Salmonid smolts are silver-colored.

14. Smolts live in an estuary.
Estuary: a place with both fresh water and salt water.

15. Adult Salmonids
Adult salmonids live in the ocean.

16. Returning to the River…

17. Spawner Salmon Need:
Safe access

18. Spawner Salmon Need:
A place to spawn

19. Spawner Salmon Need:
Clean gravel

20. Building a Redd…

21. Male vs. Female Spawners

22. Salmon are Part of the Food Web

23. Salmon Food
Salmonids eat:
-Insects
-Krill
-Other small fish

24. Salmon are food for many animals

25. Salmon need:
FOOD &
CLEAN WATER
Caddisfly larvae are salmon food.

26. Salmon need:
SHELTER &
SPACE

27. Salmon need:
Protection from predators

28. What can you do to help protect salmon and their home so they can survive?