{"id":1612,"date":"2014-09-29T17:21:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T17:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2016-10-14T15:09:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:09:43","slug":"it-wont-be-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/it-wont-be-long\/","title":{"rendered":"It Won’t Be Long!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It won\u2019t be long until millions of sockeye salmon return to the Adams River and what a spectacular sight it will be!<\/p>\n

With 2014 being a dominant run millions of sockeye salmon will return to the Adams River from the Pacific Ocean; a trek that lasts about 17 days and covers 485 kilometres. The Adams River is the same river these fish started life in and it is where they will return to spawn and then die.<\/p>\n

They start their journey from the Pacific Ocean where they have spent their adult life, migrate up the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, swimming their way upstream past swift currents and rapids, not even eating once they reach fresh water. Along this amazing journey, their bodies transform from blue-gray into a brilliant red colour.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll reach Adams River in early October, one of the most important sockeye salmon breeding areas in North America. Here the female finds a place to lay her eggs and builds a \u201credd\u201d or a depression in the gravel bed with her tail. She lays her eggs which are then fertilized by the male that has been protecting her from other males.<\/p>\n

This is repeated upstream several times until all her eggs are laid \u2013 all three to four thousand of them! In only a matter of days these adults will die, completing their life cycle.<\/p>\n

By April little fry emerge from the gravel. These fry travel to Shuswap Lake where they stay for about a year. By then they\u2019ll be fingerlings and will make the journey to the Thompson River, then the Fraser, ultimately making their way to the Pacific Ocean where they\u2019ll stay until their fourth year. Then it will be their turn to make the trek back to their place of birth \u2013 The Adams River.<\/p>\n

If you can make it to Adams River for the 2014 Salute to the Sockeye (October 3 \u2013 October 26) be sure to look for CWF\u2019s interactive exhibit the first week of the festival.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t be there in person, be sure to watch our blog for updates and visit our website<\/a> for more information about salmon.<\/p>\n

To read more fascinating nature news, subscribe to Canadian Wildlife magazine<\/a>, official media sponsor of the 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival.<\/p>\n

Donate <\/a>now to support CWF\u2019s important work.<\/p>\n

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Bient\u00f4t, des millions de saumons rouges reviendront dans la rivi\u00e8re Adams, et ce sera un spectacle extraordinaire!<\/p>\n

L\u2019ann\u00e9e 2014 correspondant \u00e0 une montaison dominante, des millions de saumons rouges seront de retour dans la rivi\u00e8re Adams, en provenance de l\u2019oc\u00e9an Pacifique; une migration d\u2019environ 17 jours, couvrant 485 km! La rivi\u00e8re Adams est celle o\u00f9 ces poissons ont commenc\u00e9 leur vie, et c\u2019est ici qu’ils reviendront frayer puis mourir.<\/p>\n

Ils commencent leur voyage dans l\u2019oc\u00e9an Pacifique, o\u00f9 ils ont pass\u00e9 leur vie d\u2019adulte, puis remontent le fleuve Fraser et la rivi\u00e8re Thompson, \u00e0 travers des rapides et de forts courants, sans m\u00eame manger, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce qu\u2019ils atteignent l\u2019eau douce. Au cours de ce voyage \u00e9tonnant, leur corps vire du bleu gris au rouge \u00e9clatant.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9but octobre, ils atteignent la rivi\u00e8re Adams, l\u2019un des lieux de reproduction des saumons rouges les plus importants en Am\u00e9rique du Nord. Ici, la femelle construit une \u00ab fray\u00e8re \u00bb, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire un \u00ab nid \u00bb ou une d\u00e9pression dans le lit de graviers avec sa queue. Elle y pond ses \u0153ufs, qui sont ensuite f\u00e9cond\u00e9s par le m\u00e2le qui la prot\u00e8ge des autres m\u00e2les.<\/p>\n

Cette op\u00e9ration est r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9e en amont plusieurs fois, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que tous ses \u0153ufs \u2013 un total de trois \u00e0 quatre mille \u2013 soient pondus. En quelques jours seulement, ces adultes termineront leur cycle de vie et mourront.<\/p>\n

En avril, de petits alevins \u00e9mergeront du gravier. Ils nageront jusqu\u2019au lac Shuswap, o\u00f9 ils resteront environ un an. Ils seront alors des juv\u00e9niles et descendront la rivi\u00e8re Thompson, puis le fleuve Fraser, pour terminer dans l\u2019oc\u00e9an Pacifique o\u00f9 ils resteront jusqu\u2019\u00e0 leur quatri\u00e8me ann\u00e9e. Ensuite, ce sera leur tour d\u2019entreprendre la migration de retour vers leur lieu de naissance \u2013 la rivi\u00e8re Adams.<\/p>\n

Si vous pouvez vous rendre \u00e0 la rivi\u00e8re Adams pour le festival \u00ab Hommage aux saumons rouges \u00bb (du 3 au octobre), n\u2019oubliez pas de passer voir l\u2019exposition interactive de la FCF qui sera pr\u00e9sente sur les lieux pendant la premi\u00e8re semaine du festival.<\/p>\n

Si vous ne pouvez pas \u00eatre l\u00e0 en personne, n’oubliez pas de consulter les mises \u00e0 jour de notre blogue, de m\u00eame que notre site Web<\/a> pour plus d\u2019informations sur les saumons. Pour d\u00e9couvrir davantage de nouvelles fascinantes au sujet de la nature, abonnez-vous au magazine Canadian Wildlife\/Biosph\u00e8re<\/a>, commanditaire m\u00e9diatique officiel du festival \u00ab Hommage aux saumons rouges \u00bb 2014.<\/p>\n

Faites un don d\u00e8s maintenant<\/a> pour soutenir l\u2019important travail de la FCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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