Salmon nets

Salmon (Salmo salar), from the family Salmonidae, living in the northern part of the Atlantic and in rives flowing into it, both in Europe and in America. The fish lives in two environments - it lives and feeds in seas, for spawning it enters rivers, sometimes a few hundred miles up the rivers where in fast currents, on sand and gravel bottom the spawning takes place. The female lays spawn (about 1000 pcs per 1 kg of weight) into a prepared nest.

It lives in rivers for the first 2-3 years and then floats to the sea where it grows up and feeds intensely; after another 2-3 years it goes back to rivers for spawning. Salmon grows up to 75-150 cm in length and 5-30 kg of weight, although there are larger specimens.

Salmon is valued for its excellent meat, however too intensive catches and water pollution have decreased the population (in Poland salmon can be found sporadically when spawning in the rives of West Pommern, the Vistula and the Oder). In Poland it is under strict species protection and may not be caught.