Harvesting Fish

We have the benefit of living minutes away from the Lake and a beautiful river here in TC. This is spawning time for the salmon. They have just done their first harvesting for the year and Aidan and I were there to watch (Isaac just slept...). We spent over two hours there last Wednesday watching. I was more than ready to go by the time we left, although it was fascinating.

So, the next time you buy salmon, it might just be one of these...or it'll just be in your cat/dog food. :)

Fish with lots of slime, some fish sperm, and some fish eggs, and a lot of ice... MMMMMM......Although anesthetized with CO2, some of the fish were still quite rambunctious and occasionally hopped right on out!
Aidan loved watching the fish swim and jump. The men were getting ready to start pushing the fish.
Part of the process that we watched over and over and over and over...