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

From birth to mature fish, the

salmon

's development process is depicted in the diagram. It is evident that there are seven stages, starting from incubation and finishing the cycle of maturity with migration to spawning areas.

Also

, the most notable feature is the moving of

salmon

over three various locations, namely river and estuary, and ocean. The process commences when adult fishes incubate their eggs, continued by emergence from eggs. Afterwards, during a certain stage of development, the young

salmon

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

then

continues with fish swimming in the estuary followed by the

salmon

swimming to the ocean.After the first main six stages,

salmon

pass through and relocate to rearing territory. In the

last

step, as soon as the

salmon

is sufficiently grown and maturation is complete, they migrate to spanning areas where the cycle starts over again, including reproducing their eggs, and travelling between river and ocean.