It’s that time of year again when we do our part to help another batch of salmon eggs hatch and make their way to Rough Bay Creek. We also get a chance to learn about the salmon and how they are important to the environment.
Erin visited the school today and talked with us about the Salmon’s life cycle, the job of the hatchery, how we can help the salmon, and about a salmon’s life in the wild.
Here are a few of the interesting things we learned:
Sharon-The fish food doesn’t smell that good.
Jacob-I learned that the second stage in the life cycle is called the eyed egg.
Brooklynn-I learned that in the ocean they are silver and when they are in the river they are brown striped.
Bronwen-I learned that there are lots of predators like bears and birds.
Lily-I learned that when they first turn into fry they have this line down their belly from where their yolk sac used to be.
Jorja-I learned that the last stage is called an adult salmon.
Kezra-I learned that the fish food can rot if we feed them too much.
Taegan-I learned that if the fry are in shade under trees the heron and other birds won’t be able to get them.
Solomon-I learned that you can’t drop them really high into the water.
Rhys-Sharks can eat salmon when they are in the ocean. When the salmon grow up they can go in the ocean. Salmon can hide in the rocks.
Kaydan-THey swim in the ocean.
Lainey-Salmon need to breathe in the water.
Merissa-They like dark water.
Teagan-They stay in the river for a year and a half and then they go in the big ocean.
