{"id":1601,"date":"2014-09-09T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2016-10-14T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:09:54","slug":"what-happens-in-late-summerearly-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/what-happens-in-late-summerearly-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens in late summer\/early fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[PHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD ECKERT – CWF PHOTO CONTEST<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Leaves changing colour and falling from trees, cooler weather, apples and harvest season may be some of the things you came up with but what about sockeye salmon?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right! This time of year sockeye salmon are making their way from their marine environment into the freshwater stream, river or lake that they were born in to spawn. And this fall there is expected to be an exceptional return in Adams River, BC.<\/p>\n

You see there is a phenomenon called \u201ccyclic dominance\u201d that results in sockeye salmon being abundant once every four years. Essentially, while sockeye salmon can mature between the ages of two and six, most mature when they\u2019re four resulting in a large number of fish returning to spawn every four years.<\/p>\n

And this fall, October 2014, is one of those dominant years and it is expected to not disappoint!<\/p>\n

Sockeye salmon are important for so many reasons including:<\/p>\n