Pic o’ the Week: Salmon Hatch With ‘Lunch Bags’ Attached

King Alevin Salmon hatchlings, Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, Issaquah, Washington, USA. Photo by Amy Gulick Salmon are a true wonder of our remarkable ocean planet. The salmon life cycle is an intricate eight-stage marvel of growth and round-trip migration. When salmon eggs hatch, tiny alevin emerge with yolk sacs attached. Alevin stay in their gravel steambed …