To the mouth of the river, and out to sea.

Many of the salmon fry are eaten by waterfowl and other fish on their way downstream, and by the time they reach the mouth of the river their numbers are reduced to about a tenth of the number of eggs hatched. They are further reduced to about a twentieth of the original number during their staying period along the coasts. Only those who have survived thus far go further out into the great sea.


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