10. Coal Harbour
 Once
at sea, salmon migrate to the North Pacific. During their ocean
phase, the streamlined salmon are always on the move and swim thousands
of kilometres each year. While in the ocean, salmon form large schools
for protection. There is safety in numbers! The ocean's abundant
food supply allows the salmon to grow very quickly. The food they
consume as adults in the ocean must sustain them for their entire
journey upstream as spawners. For although they develop a strong,
formidable jaw as their bodies change, this jaw is for defending
their nests and mates from the intrusion of other spawning salmon.
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