Wild Pacific salmon

Place

Lake-fed watersheds of British Columbia and Yukon, linked to the North Pacific by a long return route.

Adaptation

Juveniles can spend a year or more in freshwater nursery lakes before their seaward migration; adults return to freshwater to spawn.

Molecular Signature

A visible red spawning colour and rich oil content associated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada with a crustacean-rich diet.

Scientific Lens

How could life-stage and habitat transitions be represented as analytical patterns without reducing a living migration to a single signal?

Human Possibility

What questions might a marine-nutrition research and design concept ask about migration, seasonal change, and whole-system context?

Application Fields

• Marine nutrition