Atlantic+Salmon

By Avery P
 * Atlantic Salmon**

media type="custom" key="3680661" The Atlantic salmon average sizeis 28-30 inches long and 8-12 pounds after two years at sea. Uncommon adults can grow to be as large as 30 pounds. Atlantic salmon have a complex life history. It includes spawning,junvenile rearing in rivers and extensive feeding migrations on the high seas. As a result Atlantic salmon go through several distinct phases that can be identified by specific changes in behavior, physiology, and habitat requirements. Juvenile salmon feed and grow in rivers for one to three years befor undergoing smoltificatio and migrating to the ocean. Atlantic Salmon have many threat. Some of the threats are loss of habitet complexity, connsctivity, incidental capture of adults and parr by recreational fisherman, sedimentation, water extraction. Also the change in climate affects the salmon. Non-native fish species that complete with or prey on Antlantic salmon. Last acidified water and associated aluminum toxicity wich decrease juvenile survial.