Atlantic Salmon

From summer into fall, BC’s rivers come alive with the return of sockeye salmon. This video captures a dominant Adams River run, a massive generational homecoming that occurs every four years. Sockeye spawn once in their lifetime and die soon after. In death, their bodies feed insects, plants, birds, bears, and the forests that line the riverbanks. Each salmon’s final act sustains the living network that will one day bring its descendants home. But this essential cycle has been under threat for

Every year up to 300 million salmon head upriver to their spawning grounds in Alaska, one of nature's greatest migrations! 🐟 #AlaskaLive | BBC Wild Alaska Live