The diagram below shows the life cycle of a salmon, from egg to adult fish.

The diagram illustrates the stages in the life of the

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, from birth to maturity.

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there are six* main stages as the

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develops from egg to mature adult. We can

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see that

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spend time in three distinct locations during the cycle, moving from river to estuary to ocean and

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back upstream.

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begin their lives in rivers where the adult fish lay and incubate their eggs. After emerging from eggs, the young

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spend the next stage of their lives being reared in freshwater areas.

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, at some point in their development, the fish swim downstream to river estuaries where rearing continues.

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, where they eventually become fully grown adults.

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, the adult fish travel back upstream to spawning areas of rivers; here they reproduce and lay their eggs, and the life cycle begins anew.