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

2. Salmon Pacific Salmon 1.Chinook 2.Coho 3.Sockeye 4.Chum 5.Pink Atlantic Salmon

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 River after 2 years in the Ocean

21. 6. Adult Atlantic Salmon

22. Back Home Again to Maine

23. How do we know what salmon do?

24. Counting Smolts

25. Tracking Smolts Where do they go?

26. Pingers

27. Tags Mark

28. Smolt Tracking Map Smolt Traps Monitors

29. Following a Smolt

30. Fish Hatcheries

31. River Salmon Hatchery Salmon Every Scale Tells a Story

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