Spring Chinook staging for spawning

An adult Chinook salmon shelters under plants and rocks in a river with mixed gravel and rocks.
Photo By/Credit

Michael Humling/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Spring Chinook salmon spend weeks in the rivers where they eventually spawn, staging in cool water areas.
Facility
Winthrop National Fish Hatchery
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Fish hatcheries
Fish migration
Fisheries
Fishes
Rivers and streams