The Egg

When adult salmon enter the river to spawn, each female salmon can lay 2,000 to 2,500 eggs.  The eggs are pink/orange in color.  The average size ranges from 6 to 9 mm in diameter.  Salmon eggs consist of a  transparent membrane that protects the egg from predators or other disturbances while in the river.  Salmon eggs are very sensitive and one in 10 eggs will survive in the wild.