juvenile salmon

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juvenile
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/us
/ˈdʒuː.və.nəl/
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relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered ...
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salmon
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈsæm.ən/us
/ˈsæm.ən/
a medium-sized silver-coloured fish that lives in the sea or rivers and swims up rivers to produce its eggs. Its pink flesh is eaten as ...
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(Definition ofjuvenileandsalmonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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About 1,700 fish were saved, of which over half were either trout orjuvenilesalmon.
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These were overtopped at high tide, but at low tide their ponds nurturedjuvenilesalmon.
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Adult salmon may survive otherwise critical numbers of sea lice, but small, thin-skinnedjuvenilesalmonmigrating to sea are highly vulnerable.
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Sandfish larvae are excellent swimmers, swimming freely in open nearshore water, sometimes in the company ofjuvenilesalmon.
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Juvenilesalmongrow in clean, productive estuarine environments and gain the energy for migration.
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Another problem exists for thejuvenilesalmonheaded downstream to the ocean.
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Eelgrass functions as a protective cover from the predators forjuvenilesalmonand as a nursery for herring that deposit eggs among bed.
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Eelgrass beds also protect developing species such as herring, which are a food source forjuvenilesalmon.
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Some hatcheries release over 100 millionjuvenilesalmonannually.
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The absence of eelgrass means that the spawning habitat for herring and the protection forjuvenilesalmonwould no longer be present.
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Eelgrass not only provides food forjuvenilesalmonbut is also provides sediment control.
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The venture was originally aimed at ocean ranching, wherejuvenilesalmonwould be released into the sea with the expectation that some would return as adults.
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