It’s officially spawning season for BC Pacific salmon, and Vancouver Island is rife with opportunities to watch different species of the fish return to the streams where they were born.
After travelling thousands of kilometres, female salmon dig nests along the stream bottom to lay around 3,000 eggs, which are then fertilized by a male. Within 10 days after spawning, both the male and female salmon will die nearby.
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